Keiko Ying (cello) Keiko Ying enjoys a versatile career as a cello performer in solo, orchestral and chamber music settings and as a dedicated teacher. She currently serves as principal of CityMusic Cleveland chamber orchestra and was also recently hired as a full-time member of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. She has previously been principal of the Spoleto Festival Orchestra. She is an active participant in music festivals such as the Aspen Music Festival, Bowdoin International Music Festival and Skaneateles Festival, and has collaborated in chamber music performances with Leon Fleisher, Gil Shaham, Alex Kerr, Wu Han, Lawrence Dutton, and others.

Keiko joined the faculty of the Eastman Community Music School in 2009. She received her DMA from the Eastman School studying primarily with Alan Harris. Previous teachers have included Sam Smith, Ross Harbaugh, and Katherine Scott, and she also studied with Christoph Henkel and Ekkehard Weber at the Hochschule fur Musik in Freiburg, Germany.

Born and raised in Boise, ID, Keiko began her cello studies at age 10. She joined the Boise Philharmonic when she was 14. She makes her home in Rochester, NY, with her husband.