Sarah Ma, violin

Meet Sarah

Sarah performed on Show 393 from Boston, Massachusetts.

Sarah Ma (violin), 17, hails from Garden City, New York and in her freshman year at The Juilliard School where she studies with Li Lin and Donald Weilerstein. Sarah has won numerous competitions including the 2019 North Shore Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Competition, the 2019 ENKOR International Competition, and the 2019 Island Symphony Orchestra Competition. Sarah was a laureate of the 2019 Cooper International Competition using an 1828 Vuillaume generously sponsored by Florian Leonhard Fine Violins, and under a scholarship from the Anthony Quinn Foundation. Recently, Sarah won the Nordic String Academy competition and will be touring in China in 2021–22 season. Outside of music, Sarah is passionate about philosophy and politics.