Yi-Jia Susanne Hou

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Yi-Jia Susanne Hou (simplified Chinese: 侯以嘉; pinyin: Hóu Yǐjiā, born December 7, 1977, Shanghai, China) is a Canadian violinist. Internationally celebrated violinist Yi-Jia Susanne Hou is the first ever violinist in history to capture 3 Gold Medals with unanimous decisions at 3 International Violin Competitions: Concours International Long-Thibaud (France, 1999), Lipizer International Violin Competition (Italy, 1999) and Sarasate International Violin Competition (Spain, 1997.) At 17, Hou performed the most challenging pieces ever written for the violin: Paganini’s Twenty-four Caprices for Solo Violin, in live recitals in Toronto and Aspen. Ms. Hou has also performed all 10 of Beethoven’s Piano and Violin Sonatas in New York as well as the complete collection of Brahms Violin and Piano Sonatas and Piano Trios. Born into a musical family, Ms. Hou had music surrounding her all her life. Both her mother and father are violinists, and thus at the tender age of 4, Hou began studying violin with her father, Alec Hou. Less than a year later, she gave her first public performance and was received with a standing ovation. At nine, the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto invited her as a scholarship student. Since then, Hou has had scholarships and fellowships at the Aspen Music Festival for nine summers, as well as The Juilliard School where she received her Bachelor of music as a student of Dorothy DeLay and Naoko Tanaka in 2000. She then went on to do a 1-year Masters program,

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Incendio (Theme Music for Playing with Fire)

You Can Never Have Too Many Suites

Fantasy

The Legend of Butterfly Lovers

Fire & Ice

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Incendio (Theme Music for Playing with Fire) - Single

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Chen: Momentum, Chinese Folk Dance Suite

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Possessed

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Fire and Ice

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You Can Never Have Too Many Suites (Yi-Jia Susanne Hou, Sangaré-Balse, Self-Published)

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Chen: Momentum / Chinese Folk Dance Suite

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