Annie Yeh is a Taiwanese-Chinese-American Cellist and Yoga Teacher (RYT 200) based in the Bay Area, California.

Healing through music and yoga wellness, she engages audiences and students in a variety of settings: beautiful homes and gardens, retirement communities, movement studios, sacred spaces, concert halls, and virtually.

BIO:

Annie grew up on the east coast in New York and Philadelphia. She began her music studies at age 6 on the piano, followed by the cello at age 13.

Annie received her Masters degree in music, cello performance on a full fellowship from Ohio University. She studied with renowned teachers Debbie Reeder of the Philadelphia Trio, Mark Schroeder at Ohio University, Alan Harris at the Cleveland Institute of Music, and numerous orchestral and chamber music coaches. She served as Associate Principal Cellist of the Huntington Chamber Orchestra and ran a cello instruction studio in the Bay Area for over 10 years. Influenced by the renowned Jazz cellist David Baker, in 2010, Annie released an album of jazz standards, titled "Something New” with guitarist Tony Orbasido and drummer Matthew Swindells.

After launching UC Berkeley’s first crowdfunding platform and campus-wide student innovation incubator program, “Big Ideas @ Berkeley” with Tom Kalil, former adviser to Barack Obama for Science, Technology, and Innovation, Annie returned to her true passion - music - and continues to invite audiences with her warmth of sound and versatility as a soloist and chamber musician.

While knitting at a concert of the Takacs Quartet, Annie discovered that the woman sitting next to her, Carol Schwamberger, was also a knitter, as well as a professional violinist and violist. Then on a separate occasion, she encountered Katie Button, another professional violinist at the yarn shop who is also a knitter and happens to know Carol. This inspired Annie to form The Intarsia Trio, which now consists of rotating violinists and violists. Shortly after The Intarsia Trio’s first series of concerts, Annie reunited with Los Angeles based violist Andrew Duckles to form Duo Viello. Both ensembles were launched in 2019.

Annie also holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania (B.A., Asian Studies and Pre-Medicine)  and UC Berkeley (Masters, School of Information). When not practicing, preparing for a concert or working at the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society at UC Berkeley, Annie practices yoga, hikes, knits, and takes care of her two cats, Pepper and Wilson.