{"id":1028,"date":"2026-08-05T14:01:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T12:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chaudiereviolins.com\/?post_type=musicien&#038;p=1028"},"modified":"2026-08-05T14:01:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T12:01:03","slug":"katie-liu","status":"publish","type":"musicien","link":"https:\/\/www.chaudiereviolins.com\/en\/musiciens\/katie-liu\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Liu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Katie LIU is an US-American violist who has won numerous awards. A former pupil of Ettore Causa at Yale School of Music, she now is the associate principal violist of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Katie plays a 41,1cm viola made by Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div> <!-- .CV23_TEXT_CONTAINER --><div class=\"CV23_CONTENT_BLOCK_FULL CV23_GALERIE\"><div id=\"CV23_G_1117219\" class=\"CV23_GALERIE_CONTAINER\"><div class=\"CV23_GALERIE_ITEM\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chaudiereviolins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"CV23_GALERIE_ITEM\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chaudiereviolins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"CV23_GALERIE_ITEM\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chaudiereviolins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><\/div>\t\n\t\t<script src=\"https:\/\/www.chaudiereviolins.com\/wp-content\/themes\/chaudiereviolins2023\/assets\/js\/masonry.pkgd.min.js\"><\/script>\n\t\t<script src=\"https:\/\/www.chaudiereviolins.com\/wp-content\/themes\/chaudiereviolins2023\/assets\/js\/imagesloaded.pkgd.min.js\"><\/script>\n\t\t<script>\n\t\t\t\/\/ init Masonry\n\t\t\tvar $grid = jQuery('#CV23_G_1117219').masonry({\n\t\t\t\/\/ options\n\t\t\titemSelector: '.CV23_GALERIE_ITEM',\n\t\t\tgutter: 20,\n\t\t\tcolumnWidth: 320\n\t\t\t});\n\t\t\t\/\/ layout Masonry after each image loads\n\t\t\t$grid.imagesLoaded().progress( function() {\n\t\t\t$grid.masonry('layout');\n\t\t\t});\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"CV23_TEXT_CONTAINER\">\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><em>I am thoroughly enjoying exploring the sparkly-yet-grounded colors of my new Chaudiere instrument. It strikes a perfect balance of sound &#8211; elegant and focused paired with grit and power. I consider this the &#8220;sister&#8221; of the 1995 Chaudiere viola, owned by my teacher, Ettore Causa, that I had been playing for the previous two years. While many elements are comfortably familiar, each instrument carries its own distinct personality. I am very excited for the years ahead as this one continues to mature!<\/em><\/p><cite>Katie LIU<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"tum (2024) by emily liushen\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-G6Uk0gEAVo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo credit : Ettore Causa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1031,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-1028","musicien","type-musicien","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chaudiereviolins.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/musicien\/1028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chaudiereviolins.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/musicien"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chaudiereviolins.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/musicien"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chaudiereviolins.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.chaudiereviolins.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/musicien\/1028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1193,"href":"https:\/\/www.chaudiereviolins.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/musicien\/1028\/revisions\/1193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chaudiereviolins.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chaudiereviolins.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}