2016-2017
2016 - 2017 SEASON
September 23, 2016 at 4:00-8:00PM || MASTER CLASS AT CHAMBER MUSIC CONNECTION
Formosa Quartet gives not one,
but TWO open masterclasses
exploring the masterworks with students CMC!
Chamber Music Connection
700 High Street Worthington, OH
September 24, 2016 at 8:00PM || CHAMBER MUSIC COLUMBUS
From Hungary to Taiwan
Shih-Hui Chen: Fantasia on the Theme of Plum Blossom (FQ commission)
Dana Wilson: Hungarian Folk Songs (FQ commission)
Lei Liang: Song Recollections (FQ commission)
Bartok: String Quartet No. 4
Southern Theatre
21 E Main Street
Columbus, OH 43215
September 25, 2016 at 4:30PM || MASTER CLASS AT HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY
Formosa Quartet
The Formosa Quartet coaches and advises students at Heidelberg University.
Heidelberg University
310 E Market Street
Tiffin, OH 44883
September 25, 2016 at 7:00PM || CONCERT AT HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY
From Hungary to Taiwan
Shih-Hui Chen: Fantasia on the Theme of Plum Blossom (FQ commission)
Dana Wilson: Hungarian Folk Songs (FQ commission)
Lei Liang: Song Recollections (FQ commission)
Bartok: String Quartet No. 4
Heidelberg University
310 E Market Street
Tiffin, OH 44883
October 6, 2016 at 5:00PM || TRIO MODETRE PLAYS SCHUBERT
Schubert Notturno in E-flat, D. 897
Schubert Trio in B-Flat major, D. 898
Trio Modetre
Private Concert
Ingleside at Rock Creek
3050 Military Rd NW
Washington, DC 20015
October 21, 2016|| RICE UNIVERSITY RECORDING
Formosa Quartet
Shih-Hui Chen, composer
Rice University
Houston, TX
October 22, 2016 at 2:00PM || RICE UNIVERSITY
Shih-Hui Chen: Plum Blossoms, Section I
Shih-Shui Chen: A Plea to Lady Chang’e (2014)
Ching-yu Hsiau: Voice Beyond the Strings (premiere)
Ling-Huei Tsai: Concerto for Foot-Pressed Drums (2010)
Shih-Hui Chen: Plum Blossoms, Section II to V
Formosa Quartet
Nanguan Players
Duncan Recital Hall, Shepherd School of Music
Rice University
6100 S. Main Street,
Houston, TX 77005
October 30, 2016 at 4:00PM || JAN POPPER THEATER, UCLA
Traditional Nanguan: Plum Blossoms, section I
Chen: Fantasia on the Theme of Plum Blossom for String Quartet (2007)
Ching-yu Hsiau: Voice Beyond the Strings
- Intermission -
Chen: A Plea to Lady Chang’e for Nanguan pipa and String Quartet (2013)
Traditional Nanguan: Withholding the Umbrella Nanguan Opera Excerpt
Traditional Nanguan: Plum Blossoms, section II to VFormosa Quartet
Nanguan PlayersJan Popper Theater
University of California, Los Angeles
445 Charles E Young Dr E
Los Angeles, CA 90095
November 3, 2016 at 7:30PM || RECITAL @ THE SIGNATURE SERIES
Bach Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
Mumford revisiting varizioni eligiaci...once more (2001)
T. Mayuzumi Bunraku
Bach Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009
Deborah Pae, solo cello
Stocker Arts Center, Cirigliano Studio Theatre
1005 N. Abbe Road
Elyria, OH 44054
December 10-18, 2016 || 2016-2017 MARLBORO FESTIVAL TOUR
Schubert String Trio in B-flat Major, D. 471
Haydn Flute Trio in D Major, Op. 67, No. 2, Hob. XV:16
Reger Serenade in G Major, Op. 141a
Schumann Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47
Joshua Smith, flute | Francisco Fullana, violin | Maiya Papach, viola | Deborah Pae, cello | Cynthia Raim, piano
Sunday, December 11, 2016 at 4:00PM
Greenwich Library
Greenwich, CT
Monday, December 12, 2016 at 8:00PM
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
New York, NY
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at 8:00PM
Smithsonian National Museum
Washington, D.C.
Thursday, December 15, 2016 at 8:00PM
Presented by Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
Philadelphia, PA
Sunday, December 18, 2016 at 1:30PM
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's Sunday Afternoon series
Boston, MA
December 29-30, 2016 || TRIO MODETRE RECORDS DEBUT RECORDING
Tribute to Frank Bridge: Masterpieces Among Peers
To learn more about this upcoming recording, please click here.
January 20, 2017 at 7:30PM || HARRY JACOBS CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY
Dana Wilson: Hungarian Folk Songs (FQ commission)
Traditional: Taiwanese Folk Songs
Shih-Hui Chen: Fantasia on the Theme of Plum Blossom (FQ commission)
Grieg: String Quartet in G minor
Formosa Quartet
Maxwell Performing Arts Theater
2500 Walton Way
Augusta, GA 30904
February 7, 2017 at 8:00PM || MUSIC ON MAIN VANCOUVER
Dana Wilson: Hungarian Folk Songs (FQ commission)
Lei Liang: Song Recollections (FQ commission)
Grieg: String Quartet in G minor
Formosa Quartet
February 11, 2017 at 7:30PM || CHAMBER MUSIC KELOWNA
Dana Wilson: Hungarian Folk Songs (FQ commission)
Lei Liang: Song Recollections (FQ commission)
Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor
Formosa Quartet & Reiko Uchida, piano
Mary Irwin Theater
421 Cawston Avenue Kelowna
British Columbia, V1Y 6Z1 Canada
February 16, 2017 at 7:30PM || MUSIC NOW FESTIVAL!
Michael Daugherty Jackie's Song for Solo Cello
Pierre Jalbert L'oeil écoute (The eye listens)
Pease Auditorium
494 College Pl.
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
February 20-22 || SOUTHAMPTON STRINGS FESTIVAL WORKSHOP
VIOLIN, CELLO, & CHAMBER MUSIC
Feb. 20 & 21, 10AM - 2PM
Feb. 22, 10AM - 1PM
Levitas Center for the Arts
25 Pond Lane
Southampton, NY 11968
March 11 and 12, 2017 || CAPITAL CITY CONCERTS
György Ligeti, String Quartet #1 Métamorphoses Nocturnes
Kent Kennan, Night Soliloquy for flute, strings, piano
François Couperin, Le Rossignol en Amour for flute and piano
Benjamin Britten, Nocturne for solo piano
Frédéric Chopin Nocturne in F-sharp, Op. 15, No. 2
Franz Schubert, Notturno in E flat major, D 897
March 11, 2017 at 7:30PM || Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society
2 Duane Court
Middlebury, VT 05753
March 12, 2017 at 3:00PM || Unitarian Church of Montpelier
130 Main Street
Montpelier, VT 05602
April 1, 2017 || BUCKINGHAM SALON CONCERT SERIES
Preview of New Formosa Commission by Wei-Chieh Lin
Bartok Quartet No. 4 Sz. 91
Grappelli Tunes arr. by Jasmine Lin
Formosa Quartet
Private Event
*To reserve a place, please contact the Formosa Quartet here.
April 2, 2017 at 8:00PM || CHICAGO CHAMBER MUSICIANS
Mozart Clarinet Quintet
Grappelli Tunes (arr. by Jasmine Lin)
Mendelssohn Octet
Formosa Quartet & Members of Chicago Chamber Musicians Ensemble
Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall
Northwestern University
April 3, 2017 at 12:00PM (NOON) || FIRST MONDAYS
Bartok Quartet No. 4 Sz. 91
Grappelli Tunes arr. by Jasmine Lin
Formosa Quartet & Members of Chicago Chamber Musicians Ensemble
Preston Bradley Hall
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington St.
Chicago, IL 60602
*This performance will be aired live on WFMT Radio as part of Chicago Chamber Musicians FIRST MONDAY CONCERTS
April 9, 2017 || UC SAN DIEGO
World Premiere of New Formosa Commissions by Wei-Chieh Lin
Bartok Quartet No. 4 Sz. 91
Grappelli Tunes arr. by Jasmine Lin
Formosa Quartet
Conrad Prebys Music Center
UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Dr.
La Jolla, CA 92093
April 23, 2017 at 7:00PM || EVERGREEN WOODS CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES
Bridge Piano Trio No. 2
Brahms Piano Trio No. 1 in B major
Evergreen Woods
88 Notch Hill Road (Route 22)
North Branford, CT 06471
May 1, 2017 at 6:00PM || MGCONCERTS
Schumann Fantasiestucke, Op. 73
Beethoven 7 Variations on 'Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen', WoO 46
Manuel de Falla 7 Canciones populares Españolas
Cuban Dances
Brahms Sonata in E minor, Op. 38
Deborah Pae, cello
Misha Namirovsky, piano
Private Residence
Brussels, Belgium
To R.S.V.P., please click HERE.
May 2, 2017 || BOZAR
Presented by the U.S. Mission to the European Union
Schumann Fantasiestucke, Op. 73
Beethoven 7 Variations on 'Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen', WoO 46
Manuel de Falla 7 Canciones populares Españolas
Cuban Dances
Brahms Sonata in E minor, Op. 38
Deborah Pae, cello
Misha Namirovsky, piano
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Studio
Rue Ravenstein 23
1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
May 3, 2017 at 7:30PM || DOMUSICA FOUNDATION
Schumann Fantasiestucke, Op. 73
Beethoven 7 Variations on 'Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen', WoO 46
Manuel de Falla 7 Canciones populares Españolas
Cuban Dances
Brahms Sonata in E minor, Op. 38
Deborah Pae, cello
Misha Namirovsky, piano
Private Residence
Brussels, Belgium
To R.S.V.P., please click HERE.
May 19-22, 2017 || MAYFEST AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY
May 19 at 8:00PM || Barnes Hall
Works by Rachmaninoff, Grappelli, and Schubert
May 20 at 4:30PM || Red Newt Winery
Tasting Notes lead by sommelier Thomas Pastuszak featuring wines by
Red Newt, Keuka Lake Vineyards and Weimer Winery with works by Schumann, Wilson, and Wei-Chieh Lin.
May 20 at 8:00PM || Barnes Hall
Works by Haydn, Bartok, and Schumann
May 21 at 8:00PM || First Unitarian Society of Ithaca
Works by Mozart, Fauré, and Mendelssohn
May 22 at 8:00PM || Barnes Hall
Works by Mozart, Schubert, Wilson, Schoenberg, and poetry by
Lyrae Van Cleif-Stefanon, Edward Dougherty, Mukoma wa Ngugi, Christine Kitano
101 Lincoln Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-4101
Info: 607-255-4363
June 17 - July 1, 2017 || NYO CANADA
Formosa Quartet returns to NYO Canada for a 2-week intensive Chamber Music Festival
Wilfred Laurier University
Waterloo, Ontario
September 23, 2016 at 1:00PM || OHIO STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND
Ohio State School for the Blind
5220 N. High St
Columbus, OH 43214
July 14, 2017 || LYRA MUSIC FESTIVAL & WORKSHOP
1:30PM, OPEN MASTERCLASS
7:30PM, SOLO RECITAL
Schumann Fantasiestucke, Op. 73
Beethoven Variations 7 Variations on 'Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen', WoO 46
Manuel de Falla 7 Canciones populares Españolas
Jeffrey Mumford revisiting variazioni elegiaci . . . once more (2001)
Brahms Sonata in E minor, Op. 38
Deborah Pae, cello
Vanessa May-Lok Lee, piano
Smith College
Northhampton, MA
July 16 - 23, 2017 || PERLMAN MUSIC PROGRAM
Guest Cello Faculty
Summer Music School
73 Shore Road
Shelter Island Heights, NY, 11965
(between Sunset Beach and the Pridwin)
July 30 - August 6, 2017 || PIEDMONT CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
July 30 at 4:00PM || A Young Person's Guide to Chamber Music
August 2, 2017 at 7:30PM || Wednesday Evening
Works by Mozart, Brahms, and Grappelli
August 4, 2017 at 7:30PM || Friday Evening
Works by Beethoven, Debussy, and Dvorak
August 6, 2017 at 3:00PM || Sunday Afternoon
Works by Schubert, Ravel, Wei-Chieh Lin, and Pélicant
Che-Yen Chen, viola | Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet | Formosa Quartet | Juliana Han, piano | Wayne Lee, violin | Jasmine Lin, violin | Deborah Pae, cello | Joshua Smith, flute | Julie Smith Phillips, harp
Piedmont Center for the Arts
801 Magnolia Avenue
Piedmont, CA.
August 10-27, 2017 || FORMOSA CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL 2017
August 10-24
National Donghwa University
Hualien, Taiwan
August 17: Hualien Cultural Center
August 24: National Taichung Theater
August 25: Taipei Eslite Hall
August 27: Taipei Eslite Hall