Pacific Symphony adds two musicians

Chloe Chiu recently joined the Pacific Symphony's second violin section. Chiu, born in Taiwan, also plays with the Santa Barbara Symphony and is studying at USC for her graduate program certificate.

Oct. 31, 2015 12 AM PT

The Pacific Symphony recently added two string players to its ranks, according to a news release.

Chloe Chiu joined the second violins, and Victor de Almeida is now a member of the viola section.

Chiu, born in Taiwan, also plays with the Santa Barbara Symphony and is studying at USC for her graduate program certificate. She has also studied at the National University of Singapore and the Peabody Institute.

De Almeida, a Peabody Institute graduate born in Australia, is a member of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and the orchestra that performs during Laguna Beach’s annual Pageant of the Masters. He is a former violist for the Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Annapolis symphony orchestras.

De Almeida is married to fellow Pacific Symphony violist, Carolyn Riley, and is the son of Pacific Symphony cellist Waldemar de Almeida.

Bradley Zint

Bradley Zint left Times Community News in 2018. He was a general assignment reporter for the Daily Pilot, where he worked since 2010. At the Pilot, he also was a copy editor, classical music columnist and reporter covering Costa Mesa and Newport Beach. He previously worked in Hermosa Beach, Long Beach, Alaska and Massachusetts. He is a graduate of Cal State Long Beach, where he served as editor-in-chief of its campus newspaper, the Daily 49er.