WEI-JUN HUANG

Jazz violinist Wei-Jun Huang graduated from the Koninklijk Conservatorium in Brussels with a Master of Arts in Music – Jazz Performance. There, he studied jazz with saxophonist Jeroen Van Herzeele and clarinetist John Ruocco.

Wei-Jun is the lead violinist in a Golden Melody Award-winning jazz group Orbit Folks.  He worked as an arranger and string section leader for pop-star Yoga Lin’s world tour. Wei-Jun’s performance experience includes: Jarasum Jazz Festival (Korea), Shanghai Jazz Festival (China), Nanjing Jazz Festival (China), Summer Jazz Festival (Taiwan), Taichung Jazz Festival (Taiwan) and North Mountain World Music Festival (China).

In 2014, Wei-Jun founded the jazz string quartet “INTERESTRING”. The following year, the group’s first album, Interestring, was nominated for Taiwan’s Golden Melody Award in four categories, and won the Golden Indie Music Award for “Best Jazz Album”.