Australian violinist Megan Yang has been recognised for the expressive depth, eloquence, and captivating presence of her playing. With an expanding career as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral violinist, she is steadily establishing herself as a distinctive musical voice on the international stage. Based in London, she is currently completing a Fellowship at the Royal Academy of Music, where she mentors undergraduate string quartets and represents the Academy in external performances.

A committed chamber musician, Megan is a founding member of the Karelia String Quartet, established in early 2024. Within its first year, the quartet won 1st prize in the Wolfe Wolfinsohn String Quartet Competition, Nina Drucker Haydn String Quartet Competition, and the Historical Women’s Composition Competition at the Royal Academy of Music, along with 2nd prize at the CAVATINA Chamber Music Competition held at Wigmore Hall. Megan has received regular coaching with the quartet from members of the Doric, Castalian, and Barbican Quartets, and from artists such as Anthony Marwood MBE, Lawrence Power, and Alasdair Tait. Their performances have taken them to festivals including Ferrandou Musique, the North Norfolk Music Festival, Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, and concerts in France, Finland, Tunisia, and across the UK. In 2025, they join the Danish String Quartet Academy and begin their tenure as ECMA Aspirants with the European Chamber Music Association.

Megan’s chamber collaborations extend beyond the quartet. She has appeared with distinguished artists including Anthony Marwood MBE (Wigmore Hall), Anna Vinnitskaya (Köln Philharmonie), Lawrence Power, Noah Bendix-Balgley, Rachel Podger, Paavali Jumppanen, and James Crabb, and has performed at UKARIA Cultural Centre alongside principal players from the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.

Equally devoted to orchestral work, Megan has served regularly as concertmaster of the Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra and the Australian National Academy of Music Orchestra. She performs regularly with orchestras across the UK, Europe, and Australia, including the London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Australian Chamber Orchestra Collective, Omega Ensemble, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, and West Australian Symphony Orchestra. She has worked under the batons of celebrated conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Antonio Pappano, Sir Mark Elder, Simone Young AM, and Tugan Sokhiev.

Recent highlights include performing for His Majesty King Charles III at St James’s Palace as an Australian Music Foundation awardee, two soloist appearances with the Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra. She has participated in prestigious courses including the Kronberg Academy Violin/Viola Masterclasses, LacLeman Music Masterclasses, Keshet Eilon String Mastercourse, and played in masterclasses/courses for Shmuel Ashkenasi, Mihaela Martin, Ilya Kaler, Sergey Ostrovsky, Daniel Hope, Mark Gothoni, and Anthony Marwood.

Megan’s musical development has been supported by numerous scholarships and awards, including the Leverhulme Trust Arts Scholarship, Sir John Barbirolli Award, Craxton Memorial Fund Award, Tait Memorial Trust Awards (2023 and 2024), Australian Music Foundation Awards (2023 and 2024), the Hasdrubal Foundation Scholarship, Ian Potter Cultural Trust Fund, George Henderson Travelling Scholarship, Oleg Kagan Scholarship, and Ted and Susan Meller Scholarship.

She studied at the Royal Academy of Music (MA 25’) and the Australian National Academy of Music under Dr Robin Wilson, and holds a Master of Music (Performance) and Bachelor of Music (Performance) from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where she studied with Associate Professor Goetz Richter.

Megan plays on a Nicolò Gagliano violin (Naples, 1735), generously on loan from the Royal Academy of Music’s Fine Instrument Collection.