Ali Violin Studio

Faculty

Ali You

A Chinese native. Ali began studying violin at age 4 with her uncle, well-known teacher Dayu Su. She majored in violin performance as a student of Xiaowei Chen at the prestigious Renmin University in Beijing, graduating at the top of her class. She then completed a Masters Degree with Bayla Keyes at Boston University (where she won the Bach Prize) and completed Suzuki Training at the Hartt School of Music at Hartford University, CT.

Ali started to teach her first student at her uncle’s music school since 18 and kept teaching during her school time. While she graduate from BU, she already had plenty of experience of teaching. In 2017, Ali started to work at Wayland School of music as a music teacher. And at 2021, she worked as a orchestra director in Chelsea public schools. 

As a performer, Ali has played with the orchestras of the National Ballet of China and the National Grand Theater on Beijing; and in the US with the Cleveland Orchestra at the Blossom International Festival.