Yi (Charice) Tang is a Chinese-born, Boston-based violinist and educator. She is currently pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Connecticut on a full scholarship.
She is the co-founder of GAIA Quartet, an all-female string quartet with a commitment to celebrating the music of living and underrepresented composers. As a soloist, orchestral, and chamber musician, Charice has performed at esteemed venues such as Stuttgart’s Liederhalle (Germany), Museo del Violino in Cremona (Italy), Campbell Recital Hall at Stanford, Boston’s Wang Theater at the Boch Center, and Longy’s Pickman Hall.
Charice has collaborated with many emerging and established composers, including Patrick Wu, Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR), and Christine Delphine Hedden. She has also performed with ensembles ranging from INTERWOVEN and the Aizuri Quartet to the Horszowski Trio. In 2024, she was invited to the St. Lawrence Chamber Music Seminar with GAIA Quartet, where she worked with members of the St. Lawrence String Quartet, Kronos Quartet, and Brentano Quartet.
Charice holds dual Bachelor's degrees in Music Education and Violin Performance from the Staatliche Hochschule der Musik und Darstellenden Kunst in Stuttgart, Germany, and earned both her Graduate Performance Diploma and Master’s degree from the Longy School of Music of Bard College in Cambridge, MA.
In addition to performing, Charice is an experienced Eurythmics educator, developing classes and working with students ages 4–6. She has participated in international workshops for Eurythmics educators, including Die Kunst der Elementaren Musikpädagogik at Landesakademie Ochsenhausen (Germany) and Journées Européennes de la Rythmique in Geneva, Switzerland.

