These concerts are Stella Chen's debut with the North Carolina Symphony.

American violinist Stella Chen was awarded first-prize at the 2019 Queen Elizabeth International Violin Competition, followed by a 2020 Avery Fisher Career Grant and 2020 Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Award. Since then, she has appeared across North America, Europe, and Asia in concerto, recital, and chamber music performances. She recently made debuts with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Belgian National Orchestra, and others.

In recital, recent appearances include Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the Phillips Collection, Rockport Chamber Music Festival, and Nume Festival. Chen appears frequently with Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, both in New York and on tour. She has appeared as a chamber musician in festivals including the Ravinia, Seattle Chamber Music, Perlman Music Program, Music@Menlo, Bridgehampton, Rockport, Kronberg Academy, and Sarasota. Chamber music partners include Itzhak Perlman, James Ehnes, and Matthew Lipman.

Chen is the inaugural recipient of the Robert Levin Award from Harvard University, where she was inspired by Robert Levin himself. Teachers and mentors have included Donald Weilerstein, Itzhak Perlman, Miriam Fried, and Catherine Cho. She received her doctorate from The Juilliard School, where she serves as teaching assistant to her longtime mentor Li Lin.

Chen plays the 1700 ex-Petri Stradivarius, on generous loan from Dr. Ryuji Ueno and Rare Violins In Consortium Artists and Benefactors Collaborative, and the 1708 Huggins Stradivarius, courtesy of the Nippon Foundation.