I am a composer, violinist, painter and creator of a number of innovative apps, most notably the app now known as a Tollsmart -- a company where I now serve as a cofounder and a CTO (http://www.tollsmart.com). 

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A number of my compositions have been commissioned and performed in the USA and abroad. As a violinist, I regularly perform concerts featuring my compositions. ​

Two of my most recent endeavors is creating musical compositions which mix Eastern and Western instruments and experimenting with arbitrary microtonal tunings ("free microtonality").

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My artworks have won awards, most recently an honorable mention at Blue Space Gallery International Competition:

https://www.bluespacegallery.com/wild-and-free-exhibition

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Education

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PhD - 2011 - 2016, University of Iowa

Primary advisor: David Gompper

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Double Masters of Music - 2003-2005, Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University

Primary teachers: 

Violin: Keng-Yuen Tseng

Composition: Bruno Amato

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Double Bachelors of Music - 1999-2003, Boston University ​

Primary teachers:

Violin: Dana Mazurkevich

Composition: Samuel Headrick, Martin Amlin, Richard Cornell

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(photo courtesy of Sophie Xuefei Zhang)

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