VC Artist Sirena Huang was the inaugural winner of the Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition, held in 2017 at the Lynn University Conservatory of Music in Boca Raton, Florida. Then just 22 years old, Huang prevailed from a pool of 225 applicants, all aged between 18 and 30.

Held every three years, the competition offers not only a monetary prize but also networking, management, public relations, community engagement, and concert opportunities.

A graduate of the Juilliard School, where she studied with Itzhak Perlman and Sylvia Rosenberg, Huang is the Gold Medalist of the 11th Quadrennial International Violin Competition of Indianapolis — where she was also awarded eight of the eleven special prizes.

In 2017, she was the winner of the New York Concert Artist Worldwide Debut Audition. She was also the First Prize Gold Medalist at the 6th International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians, as well as a top prize winner at Singapore International Violin Competition and the Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition.

The 2026 edition of the Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition, held at Lynn University, is being streamed live here on The Violin Channel. The competition takes place from January 4–18, 2026, and the first round will take place at the Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall. 

You can hear Huang's finals performance of Mozart and Tchaikovsky below.