Dr. Yu-Wei Heath-Hsiao (he/him), known as Yoyo, is an exceptional violinist, pianist, and educator from Taiwan, holding a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in Violin Performance from Rutgers University and an MM from the Mannes School of Music. He is a winner of the 2024 Charleston International Music Competition and a recipient of the 2023 Flushing Town Hall Arts Grant. Yoyo serves as first violin at the Berkshire Opera Festival and previously as concertmaster for the Miami Music Festival.

Beyond his classical performances at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, Yoyo’s versatile crossover skills, including piano, dance, and composition, have led to featured appearances at diverse events like US Open Fan Week, Broadway in Bryant Park, the New York Fashion Week Fashion Show, Queensboro Dance Festival, Queens Pride, and with groups such as the Weill Cornell Jazz Band and Battery Dance and Drye Marinaro Dance Company. Formerly an emerging artist at Culture Lab LIC, Yoyo is now the 2025-2026 resident artist at the Museum of Chinese in America. Yoyo is also the co-creator of the NYC-based Taiwanese show "Islanders" and a member of the dance group Chieh & Yoyo.