Daniel Chong is the founding first violinist of the Parker Quartet, which has garnered wide recognition for performances in such venues as Carnegie Hall, the Library of Congress, Vienna’s Musikverein, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, and London’s Wigmore Hall. The quartet is currently the Blodgett Quartet-in-Residence at Harvard University, where they serve on the faculty of the Department of Music. In addition, Chong is a member of the East Coast Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble DITTO, and has received several awards, among them the 2009-2011 Cleveland Quartet Award and top prizes at the Concert Artists Guild Competition, Young Concert Artists International Auditions, and the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition. He studied at the Curtis Institute of Music, Cleveland Institute of Music, and the New England Conservatory of Music. His teachers were Robert Lipsett, Donald Weilerstein, and Kim Kashkashian.