Elizabeth Shen is a 17-year-old cellist from New York. She studies with Wolfram Koessel at the Manhattan School of Music and is assistant principal at the Philharmonic Orchestra. Elizabeth spends her summers at various musical programs, including Kinhaven, Interlochen, Heifetz International Music Institute, the Philadelphia International Music Festival, where she was a Concerto Competition Finalist, Summer Chamber Music Intensive of NYC, Kaufman Music Center, Meadowmount, and Boston University Tanglewood Institute. At Riverdale Country School, Elizabeth’s chamber group has been coached by Dr. Miho Weber. In 2025, her group was a winner in the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Competition. Elizabeth is actively involved in community outreach programs including serving as co-president of Flume, as an outreach ambassador of Chamber Music, and as a student intern at the Violoncello Society of New York. Elizabeth has performed in many masterclasses, including Joel Krosnick, Pamela Davenport, Alexei Gonzales, Anna Robinova, Raman Ramakrishnan, Bryan Cheng, Wei Yu, Clara Kim, Amit Peled, Hai-Ye Ni, Paul Katz, Tommy Mesa. When not playing the cello, Elizabeth enjoys math and spending time with her friends.