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出生于奥地利维也纳的中国家庭。八岁开始跟其父学习小提琴，十四岁考入美国费城的佛罗里达洲的柯蒂斯音乐学院。师从伊凡·加拉米安和布罗德斯基教授。临近毕业时，他开始与费城“协奏曲独奏团”合作演出。并组建了“新艺弦乐四重奏团”赴欧、美及中东地区巡回演出。近来，他作为首席小提琴手参加兰卡斯特交响乐团、纽约爱乐交响乐团、新墨西哥交响乐团以及享誉世界的圣菲歌剧院的演出，这一地位已保持了20多年。1985年他曾应聘俄克拉何马大学的小提琴教授，以及俄克拉何马交响乐团首席小提琴手。之后，他成为北卡
罗利纳交响乐团的首席小提琴手。在大学的假期，他参加了1992—1993的香港交响乐团的演出，担任首席小提琴手。目前，他在他当初是成员的那个香港新艺四重奏乐团里工作，职务为表演艺术学院弦乐系主任。他也是香港演奏家(Virtuosi)乐团的创始人之一。他在国际上作过无数次的独奏演出，与他合作的乐团有北卡罗利纳交响乐团、俄克拉何马交响乐团、香港、泰国、广州的交响乐团等等；他还率团参加了世人瞩目的中国香港回归的典礼上的演出。
1997年，他应邀担任了新加坡以及澳门、台湾、香港地区青年音乐家比赛的评委，并应邀担任中央音乐学院的客座教授。2002年他担任在莫斯科举办的柴科夫斯基音乐比赛的评委。2003年在西班牙的潘普洛纳举办的萨拉萨蒂音乐比赛中，他担任评委。2004年在蒙特卡洛大赛中任评委。
Michael Ma
Born in Vienna, Austria, Michael Ma began violin studies with his father,
Dr. James Ma at the age of 8.When 14, Michael was accepted to the Curtis Institute and the New School of Music in Philadelphia America, to study under Professors Galamian and Brodsky. Upon graduating he began performing with the Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia and founded the New Art String Quartet which toured throughout Europe, the U.S. and the Middle East. During this time Michael also served as the concertmaster of the Lancaster Symphony, the York Philharmonic, the New Mexico Symphony and of the internationally acclaimed Santa Fe Opera Orchestra, a position he held for twenty years. Michael Ma was also concertmaster of the North Carolina Symphony before accepting the dual position of Professor of violin at the University of Oklahoma and concertmaster of the Oklahoma Symphony in 1985.Whilst taking a sabbatical from the University, Michael played concertmaster of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra for their 1992-93 season.
Michael Ma currently serves as the original founding member of the New Art String Quartet in Hong Kong, the title he brought with him when he accepted the position as Head of the String Department at the Academy for Performing Arts, and is the founding member of the Hong Kong Virtuosi. He has performed numerous solos internationally with orchestras such as the North Carolina, Oklahoma and New Mexico Symphonies’, the Bangkok Symphony, Thailand, and the Guangzhou Symphony, China and led the highly acclaimed Re-unification Philharmonic Orchestra that performed for Hong Kong’s handover from British to Chinese rule.
Since 1997 Michael Ma has been invited to judge the Macau, Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong Competitions for young musicians and serve as guest professor at the Beijing Conservatory of Music. In 2002 he sat on the panel for the prestigious Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow followed by the Sarasate Competition held in Pamplona, Spain, in 2003 and the Monte Carlo Competition in 2004.
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