Chinese violist Tiezheng Shen lives in Tucson and teaches classical viola music to Mexican students in central Arkansas.
Shen , graduated from the University of Arizona in August with a master’s degree and Doctoral of Music Arts degree. He works as a sound engineer at MindPlay, a Tucson-based educational software company. He has about 10 students ranging from elementary to high school age at a private Tucson studio, and also is an adjunct viola professor and recording studio manager at his alma mater, the University of Central Arkansas.
For Shen, his professorship is a full-circle life moment, as he is extending the same opportunities that were afforded to him 15 years ago when Israel “Izzy” Getzov, professor of music and director of orchestras at Arkansas, brought him from Shanghai, China, for higher learning. Shen met Ely and Paulina through his annual trips to Mexico City. What started as an invitation from Maestro Angel Medina of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México to teach master classes and perform as a guest artist for students who could not afford international travel, quickly evolved into ViolaVoice, the largest international viola festival in Central and South America.
The term “struggling artists” took on a new meaning to him, as he witnessed his Central and South American friends endure financial hardship to pursue music professionally. One student rode an eight-hour overnight bus from interior Mexico just to attend Shen’s master class.
Maestro Medina of Mexico City says he always thinks in the “voice of the viola,” a voice that is often overlooked as a solo instrument for its more popular counterpart, the violin.
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