Chen, Wendy Y.

Kong, Yinzi

Vega String Quartet

Wang, Guang

Wu, Jessica S.

English

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LYNN UNIVERSITY Conservatory of Music ~cita{ Vega String Quartet Wendy Y. Chen, violin Jessica S. Wu, violin Yinzi Kong, viola Guang Wang, cello 8:30 p.m. October 27, 2000 Henke Wing, Lynn University PROGRAM String Quartet, op. 76 no. 1 ................. Haydn Allegro con spirico ( 1732-1809) Adagio sostenuto Menueno - presco Allegro ma non troppo Concertino ............................................ Stravinsky (1882-1971) INTERMISSION String Quartet, op. 59 no. 2 ................. Beethoven "Razumovsky" (1770-1827) Allegro Molto adagio - si trane questo pezzo con molto semimemo Allegretto Finale - presto Vega String Quartet We welcome our award winning alumni for a special performance on this evening's program. Members of the Vega String Quarcet first studied chamber music cogether as the Angel Quartet in 1986 at the Shanghai Conservatory where they won the chamber music competition. In 1987, they won the top prize in the Inrernational Chamber Music Competition of the Prague Spring Festival. In 1991, the Angel String Quarcet was invited by Jeunesses Musicales de France to participate in the Paris International Music Festival, and the same year won a special prize in the 40th ARD International String Quartet Competition in Munich. The group later became the Orient Quarcet receiving a Menzion Speciale at the 3rd Premio Paolo Borciani International String Quartet Competition in Italy and winning a full scholarship to study with the Amadeus String Quartet ac the Royal Academy of Music in London. After pursuing separate educational directions, the quartet members reunited in the United States at The Harid Conservatory, and in 1997 were given the honor of bearing the HARJO name. As of February 2000, the group has taken the name The Vega String Quartet. In February 1998, the Harid String Quartet won first prize at the National Society of Arts and Letters String Quarcec Competition1 followed in rapid succession by first prize at the Coleman Chamber Ensemble Competition and first prize at the Carmel Chamber Music Competition in California. In June 1999 they were selected to participate in Isaac Stern's Chamber Music Workshop at Carnegie Hall. They were the resident string quartet at the Musicorda Summer Festival in Massachusetts during the summer of l 997and received a fellowship to the highly respected string quartet program at the Aspen Summer Music Festival in 1998 , 1999 and 2000. The V cga Sering Quartet has studied with the members of the Amadeus, American, Cleveland, Emerson, Guarneri, Juilliard, Orion, and Tokyo string quartets. In September 1999, the quarcet won four of the six prizes at the Bordeaux (formerly Evian) Internacional String Quartet Competition in France -Second prize, Prix de la Presse Musicale Internationale (awarded by the international music press), Prix de la SACEM (for the best interpretations of 20th Century master works), and Prix du Ministcrc de la Culture ct de la Communication (for the best interpretation of the competition's commissioned work). They returned to France in January 2000 for a performance at the Musee d'Orsaywhich was broadcast nationwide on France Musiques. Highlights for the 2000/01 season include performances at The Schneider Concerts in New York City, the Joseph G. Astman International Concert Series and at the Evergreen House in Baltimore. Performance highlights include broadcasts on National Radio of China, Shanghai TV, National Radio of the Czech Republic, and WMAE in Albany, New York, as well as recent engagements in La Jolla and Carmel, California. West Boca Medical Center is·Proud to Support The Conservatory of Music at Lynn University. LYNN UNIVERSITY TICKET OFFICE & ADMINISTRATION Conservatory of Music Ticket Office (561) 999-4377 (phone} (561) 995-0417 (fax} Ticket Office Hours (during concert season) 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Monday-Friday Ticket Office Internet E-mail tickets@lynn.edu Mailing Address Music Ticket Office 3601 North Military Trail Boca Raton, FL 33431 Administration Phone & Fax (561) 999-4386 (phone} (561) 995-0417 (fax) Administration Hours 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday-Friday Administration Internet E-mail music@lynn.edu Internet Web Site www.lynn.edu/ music Check out our official web site! www.lynn.edu/ music 

2000-2001 Recital - Vega String Quartet

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2000-2001 Recital - Vega String Quartet

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