The members of the Formosa Quartet ? Jasmine Lin, Wayne Lee, Che-Yen Chen, and Deborah Pae ? have established themselves as leading solo, chamber, and orchestral musicians. Since forming in 2002 to perform and promote Taiwanese music, the Formosa Quartet won the First Prize and the Amadeus Prize at the London International String Quartet Competition in 2006. To date, they have given critically acclaimed performances at the Ravinia Festival, Caramoor Festival, Library of Congress, Da Camera Society of Los Angeles, Chicago Cultural Center, Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, Rice University, San Francisco State University, and Wigmore Hall in London. Currently, the Formosa Quartet is working with Lei Liang, Professor of Music at UC San Diego, while serving as Art of ?lan's ensemble-in-residence.
The quartet will perform Shih-Hui Chen's Returning Souls - Four Pieces on Three Formosan Amis Legends, Dana Wilson's Hungarian Folk Songs and Lei Lang's latest work Song Recollections, as well as various traditional Taiwanese folk songs.
This event is co-sponsored by the Chuan Lyu Endowment in Taiwan Studies and the Taiwan Lecture Series at UC San Diego.
Admission/Cost: $0 -
Wednesday, April 20 - 7:00 PM
For information, please visit: www.sandiegouniontribune.com
The quartet will perform Shih-Hui Chen's Returning Souls - Four Pieces on Three Formosan Amis Legends, Dana Wilson's Hungarian Folk Songs and Lei Lang's latest work Song Recollections, as well as various traditional Taiwanese folk songs.
This event is co-sponsored by the Chuan Lyu Endowment in Taiwan Studies and the Taiwan Lecture Series at UC San Diego.
Admission/Cost: $0 -
Wednesday, April 20 - 7:00 PM
For information, please visit: www.sandiegouniontribune.com
