Ruby Ngọc Minh performing viola
Viola · 2026
Vietnam · Spain · Classical music

Ruby
Ngọc Minh

Vietnamese violist based in Salamanca, Spain. A musician shaped by the concert platform, chamber music and orchestral collaboration.

Official artist portfolioSalamanca, Spain
01 / Artist

About

Ruby Ngọc Minh is a Vietnamese violist whose artistic path moves between solo performance, chamber music and orchestral life. She is currently studying at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Castilla y León in Salamanca, Spain.

InstrumentViola
Current studiesCOSCYL, Salamanca · 2025–2029
Artistic homeVietnam & Europe
02 / On stage

Performance

Ruby Ngọc Minh performing viola as soloist with orchestra
Young Soloists of VNAMYO · 2024

Soloist with orchestra

Ruby Ngọc Minh with viola before an orchestra concert
Classic Romantic concert

Concert platform

Watch Ruby perform

03 / Selected projects

Stories from the stage.

Each project holds its own music, places and people.

Ruby Ngọc Minh performing as viola soloist with orchestra
Hanoi · Vietnam · 2024

Young Soloists
of VNAMYO

Ruby’s first solo appearance with orchestra at the Vietnam National Academy of Music.

Open project ↗
Ruby Ngọc Minh playing viola during her first trip to Spain
Salamanca · Spain · 2025

The First Journey
to Spain

Ruby’s first journey to Salamanca for her COSCYL in-person audition: a visual story of departure, arrival and a new beginning.

Open story ↗
Ruby Ngọc Minh with viola on stage in Moscow
Moscow · Russia · 2026

World Youth
Orchestra

IV Festival of the World Youth Orchestras, with artistic director Yuri Bashmet.

Open project ↗
Ruby Ngọc Minh with viola in Spain
Salamanca · Spain · 2025–2026

COSCYL
Performances

Orchestra, contemporary music, jazz, string quartet and trio projects at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Castilla y León.

Open project ↗
04 / Profile

A young artist with an unusually substantial record of orchestral performance.

Conservatorio Superior de Música de Castilla y León
University-level viola studies with Prof. Claudia Do Minh Ramos, Salamanca, Spain.

Vietnam National Academy of Music
Viola studies with Prof. Nguyễn Anh Tuấn.

First Prize, Category B
Chamber Music, Rising Star International Arts Festival & Competition, with Sunshine Strings Quartet.

Gold Medal, Duo
Gold Star International Music Competition, with Sooa Lee.

Selected artistic experience
01
OrchestrasWorld Youth Symphony Orchestra, VNSO, HPO, VNOB, Sun Symphony Orchestra, VYO, VNAMYO, IPO and COSCYL Symphony Orchestra.
02
MasterclassesĐỗ Minh Thuận, Andriy Viytovych and Juan Miguel Hernandez.
03
International projectsConcert engagements in Vietnam, China, Singapore, Indonesia and Kazakhstan.
04
LanguagesVietnamese (native), English (advanced), Spanish (in academic use).
05 / Repertoire

Selected works

A repertoire in conversation with the classical canon and chamber tradition.

Concertos

Telemann, J. C. Bach, Handel, Hoffmeister, Stamitz and Cecil Forsyth.

Solo works

Max Reger Suite No. 1; selected J. S. Bach Cello Suites, BWV 1007–1009.

Chamber music

Schubert String Quartet D 703; Beethoven quartets; Mozart K.575; Sibelius Duo in C major.

Romantic & modern

Piazzolla, Vieuxtemps, Schubert Arpeggione and Handel–Halvorsen Passacaglia.

Ruby Ngọc Minh performing viola
Vietnam National Academy of Music Youth Orchestra

Music made in dialogue

06 / Contact

Let’s make music.

For concert invitations, chamber collaborations, masterclasses and professional enquiries, please contact Ruby directly.

lehoangngocminh@gmail.com

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