The Chamber Music Society Of Williamsburg Presents Formosa Quartet

The Chamber Songs Culture of Williamsburg presents the Formosa Quartet* Tuesday evening, April 5, 2022 at 8:00 PM in the Williamsburg Regional Library Theatre.

Fashioned in 2002 when the 4 founders arrived alongside one another for a live performance tour of Taiwan, the Quartet’s cultural id has considering the fact that expanded to consist of broader American and pan-Asian roots. Their identify, when continue to a tribute to the culture of Taiwan, is derived from the Latin formosus, that means “fantastically formed”.

The customers of Formosa – Jasmine Lin (violin), Wayne Lee (violin), Che-Yen Chen, (viola) and Deborah Pae (cello) – have recognized them selves separately as foremost solo, chamber and orchestral musicians. With levels from Juilliard, Curtis Institute and New England Conservatory, they have done in venues all through the United States, Asia and Europe, including critically acclaimed performances at the Library of Congress, Lincoln Middle, the Countrywide Live performance Hall in Taipei, Wigmore Hall in London and the Berliner Philharmonie. The Formosa is deeply dedicated to checking out new mediums for string quartet, though retaining its mission of championing Taiwanese music and marketing the arts in Taiwan.

The Formosa retains a selection of residencies throughout North The usa and Asia. They started the Formosa Chamber Audio Pageant and is also the college Quartet-in-Home for the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. The Quartet plays a primary part in commissioning new performs, contributing considerably to the modern day string quartet repertory.

The members of the Formosa Quartet are currently on college at Eastern Michigan College, the College of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Roosevelt College (Illinois) and the College of California, Los Angeles.

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