Aiden Yi-Hung Jeng is a Taiwanese violist who brings expressive musicality and warmth to his performances. He is currently a student in the Doctor of Musical Arts program at The Ohio State University, where he studies with Juliet White-Smith and serves as a graduate teaching associate. During his first year at Ohio State, he was a recipient of the highly prestigious University Fellowship. In 2026, he was named winner of The Ohio State University DMA Concerto Competition, received a Performance Award through the Graduate Achievement Awards, and will appear as soloist with the Ohio State Symphony Orchestra during the 2026–2027 season in a performance of Walton’s Viola Concerto.

Jeng earned his Master of Music degree from the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University as a recipient of the Eckstein Scholarship and a Graduate Student Assistantship, and his Bachelor of Music degree from National Taiwan Normal University. At Northwestern, he was awarded the Northwestern University Viola Prize and served as principal viola of the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra. His primary teachers include Helen Callus, Kuan-Chen Huang, Shih-Hsun Pan and Weijing Michal of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Actively engaged as an orchestral and chamber musician, Jeng has performed with leading ensembles in both Illinois and Ohio. He has appeared with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and the Northbrook Symphony Orchestra. He is currently a viola section member of the Central Ohio Symphony Orchestra, Lima Symphony Orchestra and Worthington Chamber Orchestra. In addition, he performs with the Springfield Symphony Orchestra and Newark-Granville Symphony Orchestra, collaborating with musicians across the region in a wide range of repertoire.

His summer engagements include appearances at renowned festivals such as the Toronto Summer Music Festival (as a Chamber Music Fellow), the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival (as a Fellow), the National Repertory Orchestra, VivaViola Hsin-Yun Huang ViolaFest, and the France MusicAlp Festival, where he worked with world-class faculty and fellow artists from across the globe. In the 2025–2026 season, Jeng appeared in the Joan and Daniel Rutenberg Chamber Music Series at the University of South Florida as a recipient of the Rutenberg Chamber Music Fellowship Award for Emerging Artists.

Aiden Yi-Hung Jeng explores a wide range of repertoire, from classical masterworks to contemporary music, with an emphasis on depth, authenticity, and expressive storytelling.