Formosa Quartet

The Formosa Quartet is a string quartet based in the United States. The quartet won the first prize and the Amadeus Prize at the Tenth London International String Quartet Competition in 2006.[1]

History

Formed in 2002 when the four founding members came together for a concert tour of Taiwan, the Formosa Quartet is committed to championing Taiwanese music and promoting the arts in the land of its heritage.[2] The members of the Formosa Quartet are the founders and faculty members of the annual Formosa Chamber Music Festival in Hualien, Taiwan.

Career

In the 2014-2015 season, the Formosa Quartet began a two-year residency with Art of Élan, a San Diego arts-presenting organization.[3] As ensemble-in-residence, the Quartet will work with UCSD professor of composition Lei Liang to create a new piece based on music indigenous to the aboriginal tribes of Taiwan. The culmination of the two-year project will be the premiere performance of the commission and a new disc of music inspired by Hungarian and Taiwanese folk traditions.

The quartet premiered Taiwanese-American composer Shih-Hui Chen’s Returning Souls: Four Pieces on Three Formosan Amis Legends in 2014,[4] and the Quartet’s recording of its first commission from Ms. Chen, Fantasia on the Theme of Plum Blossom, was released on the New World Records label in 2013.[5]

Members

Discography

References

  1. ↑ "Wigmore Hall". London String Quartet Competition. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Formosa Chamber Music Festival". Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  3. ↑ Art of Elan http://artofelan.org/who-we-are/ensemble-in-residence/. Retrieved 16 March 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ "Art of Élan sets season of ‘reflections’". U-T San Diego. August 13, 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  5. ↑ New World Records http://www.newworldrecords.org/album.cgi?rm=view&album_id=91919. Retrieved 16 March 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ http://www.amazon.com/String-Quartet-Recital-Wolfgang-Amadeus/dp/B000KP61YO
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