Chen, Che-Yen

Lee, Wayne

Lin, Jasmine

Yeh, Ru-Pei

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Ithaca CollegeDigital Commons @ ICAll Concert & Recital Programs Concert & Recital Programs11-7-2014Concert: The Robert G. Boehmler CommunityFoundation Series - The Formosa QuartetJasmine LinWayne LeeChe-Yen ChenRu-Pei YehFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/music_programsPart of the Music CommonsThis Program is brought to you for free and open access by the Concert & Recital Programs at Digital Commons @ IC. It has been accepted forinclusion in All Concert & Recital Programs by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ IC.Recommended CitationLin, Jasmine; Lee, Wayne; Chen, Che-Yen; and Yeh, Ru-Pei, "Concert: The Robert G. Boehmler Community Foundation Series - TheFormosa Quartet" (2014). All Concert & Recital Programs. 785.http://digitalcommons.ithaca.edu/music_programs/785The Robert G. Boehmler Community Foundation Series:THE FORMOSA QUARTETJasmine Lin, violinWayne Lee, violinChe-Yen Chen, violaRu-Pei Yeh, celloHockett Family Recital HallFriday, November 7th, 20148:15 pmProgramItalian Serenade Hugo Wolf(1860-1903)Hungarian Folks Songs (2008) Dana Wilson(b. 1946)Dudatánc (Bagpipe Dance)Ballada (Ballad)Arátóti (People from Rátót)Lancz (Chain)Porondos (Circus)Ej Gorbénye (Hey, Gorbénye)Máramarosi (People from Máramos)Nechoczety (The Refusal; Sometimes Known as "Bear Dance")Commissioned by and dedicated to the Formosa QuartetPauseCrisantemi Giocomo Puccini(1858-1924)String Quartet in E minor Giuseppe Verdi(1813-1901)AllegroAndantinoPrestissimoScherzo Fuga. Allegro assai mossoBiographiesWinners of the First Prize and the Amadeus Prize at the LondonInternational String Quartet Competition in 2006, the FORMOSAQUARTET is “one of the best string quartets of its generation”   (David Soyer, cellist of the Guarneri Quartet). Its debutrecording on the EMI label was hailed as “spellbinding” (StradMagazine) and “remarkably fine” (Gramophone), and thequartet has given critically acclaimed performances at theRavinia Festival, the Caramoor Festival, the Library ofCongress, the Da Camera Society of Los Angeles, the ChicagoCultural Center, the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center,Rice University, San Francisco State University, and WigmoreHall in London. Formed in 2002 when the four foundingmembers came together for a concert tour of Taiwan, theFormosa Quartet is deeply committed to championingTaiwanese music and promoting the arts in the land of itsheritage. In August 2013, the Formosa Quartet inaugurated the annualFormosa Chamber Music Festival in Hualien, Taiwan. Modeledafter American summer festivals such as Marlboro, Ravinia, theTaos School of Music, and Kneisel Hall, FCMF is the product oflong-held aspirations and years of planning, and represents oneof the quartet’s more important missions: to bring high-levelchamber music training to talented young musicians in Taiwanand first-rate music to Taiwanese audiences. In its relatively brief existence, the Formosa Quartet’s activecommissioning has contributed significantly to the 21stcentury’s string quartet literature. In 2014, they will premiereTaiwanese-American composer Shih-Hui Chen’s ReturningSouls: Four Pieces on Three Formosan Amis Legends. TheQuartet’s recording of its first commission from Ms. Chen, the Fantasia on the Theme of Plum Blossom, was released on theNew World Records label in 2013. Other pieces recently writtenfor the Quartet include Dana Wilson’s Hungarian Folk Songs,Wei-Chieh Lin’s Pasibutbut, and Thomas Oboe Lee’s PianoQuintet and Jasmine Variations. The members of the Formosa Quartet – Jasmine Lin, WayneLee, Che-Yen Chen, and Ru-Pei Yeh – have establishedthemselves as leading solo, chamber, and orchestral musicians.With degrees from the Juilliard School, Curtis Institute of Music,and New England Conservatory, they have performed in majorvenues throughout the United States, Asia, Europe, SouthAmerica, and Australia, and have been top prizewinners inprestigious competitions such as the Paganini, Primrose,Naumburg, and Tertis competitions. As chamber musicians,they have appeared regularly at the Marlboro, Kingston, SantaFe, Ottawa, Ravinia, South Bank, and Berlin festivals, as well asat the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the JupiterChamber Music Series, La Jolla Summerfest, and the SeattleChamber Music Society. They have held positions in the SanDiego Symphony, the Cincinnati Symphony, and the New YorkPhilharmonic, and have taught at the University of SouthernCalifornia, California State University Fullerton, RooseveltUniversity, Taos School of Music, Stanford University, McGillUniversity, and the Juilliard School.

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