2025 String Award

Natalya Ding, a senior at Southern Lehigh High School, began studying violin with Inna Eyzerovich at age seven. She devotes herself to refining her craft and consistently rises to principal positions. In 2023, she performed as 3rd chair First Violin in the PMEA All-State Orchestra and served as Associate Concertmaster in the PMEA Northeast Region Orchestra. She also appeared at the Techne Music Festival at Moravian University.

     Natalya founded her school’s Chemistry Club, spearheaded chemical and environmental research over three consecutive summers, and earned the 2024 Da Vinci Science Center STEAM Student Scholarship. She also garnered the 2024 Schadt String Scholarship for her exceptional musicianship.