Violinist Robin Scott is the 1st violinist of the Ying Quartet, and as such, is an associate professor at the Eastman School of Music. He has won 1st prizes in the California International Young Artists Competition and the WAMSO Competition, and 2nd Prizes in the Menuhin, Klein, and Stulberg International Competitions.  Scott has soloed with the Minnesota Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre National de Lille (France), and many others.  He has performed in America, Europe, and Asia as soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician, and has appeared in Boston’s Jordan Hall, New York’s Weill Hall and Town Hall, and The Kennedy Center and Library of Congress in Washington. His last few summers have been spent at the Bowdoin International Music Festival, Marlboro Music, the Ravinia Festival, and the Yellow Barn Festival. 

Scott possesses a Bachelor’s Degree from the New England Conservatory, and an Artist Diploma from Indiana University, and he has been a pupil of Donald Weilerstein, Kim Kashkashian, Miriam Fried, and Mimi Zweig.  His violin is a Gagliano circa 1770.