- Price: NTD 300, 500, 800, 1200, 1500, 1800, 2500
- Weiwuying Co-organiser Program
- Duration is 110 minutes with a 20-minute intermission.
- Age guidance 4+, Children under 7 must be accompanied by an adult.
- Latecomers must follow staff instructions for entry and re-entry.
Helpful Guide
TC International Chamber Music Series - Autumnal BRAHMS
In the summer of 1890, BRAHMS completed his String Quintet in G Major. The piece opens with grandeur and orchestral thinking, and it can be seen as a distillation of his signature style. He sent the score to his publisher, and the accompanying letter seemed to hint at his intention to retire. However, upon hearing the playing of clarinetist Richard MÜHLFELD, his creative spirit was reignited. He went on to compose the Clarinet Quintet in b minor for MÜHLFELD—a work that highlights the clarinet's full range of timbres and techniques, engaging in delicate dialogue with the strings. It evokes a gentle, melancholic autumnal atmosphere, like a reflective gaze upon life in its twilight years.
Program
J. BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet in b minor, Op. 115
J. BRAHMS: String Quintet in G Major, Op. 111
Creative and Production Team
Violin｜HU Nai-yuan, Eric TSAI
Viola｜Paul NEUBAUER, Scott LEE
Cello｜Henri DEMARQUETTE
Clarinet｜CHO Inn-hyuck
Team Introducton
Music Director, Violin｜HU Nai-yuan
Since winning the First Prize of the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition in 1985, violinist HU Nai-yuan has appeared on many of the world's stages, including the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Avery Fisher Hall in New York, Suntory Hall in Tokyo and other major venues in Europe.
As a recitalist, HU performed in such venues as Alice Tully Hall and Weill Recital Hall in New York, Cité de la Musique in Paris, Casals Hall in Tokyo, and Jordan Hall in Boston where he premiered Bright SHENG's "The Stream Flows" in 1990. He has appeared either as guest soloist or chamber music artist in such festivals as Mostly Mozart, Marlboro, OK Mozart, Seattle, Grand Teton, Kirishima in Japan, Casalmaggiore in Italy, and Beijing where he performed with FOU Ts'ong, Martha ARGERICH and Misha MAISKY.
HU's recording of GOLDMARK's Concerto and BRUCH's Concerto No. 2 with Gerard SCHWARZ and the Seattle Symphony (released by Delos Music) garnered "Critics' Choice" from Gramophone as well as praises from many publications including BBC Music Magazine, The Times of London, and The Washington Post. He has also recorded for EMI Taiwan, Koch International, Sunrise, and Chi-Mei in Taiwan, playing on the Foundation's Stradivari and Guarneri del Gesù violins.
HU has served on the jury of international competitions such as the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Belgium and the Seoul International Violin Competition. He has given master classes in music schools in America, Europe and Asia. Born in Taiwan, HU began studying the violin at age five. He arrived in the United States in 1972 to continue his studies with Broadus ERLE and later with Joseph SILVERSTEIN. He attended Indiana University where he studied with Josef GINGOLD and subsequently served as Mr. GINGOLD's assistant. He currently resides with his wife June HUANG in New York City.
Clarinet | CHO Inn-hyuck
Native of South Korea, CHO Inn-hyuck was just named Principal Clarinet of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Prior to his appointment in 2016, he was Principal Clarinet of the Basel Symphony Orchestra (Switzerland), one of the oldest European orchestras, as well as the Musikkollegium Winterthur (Switzerland). He has performed as a guest with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Zurich Philharmonia, Radio France Philharmonic, the Bavarian Radio Chamber Orchestra, and the Luzern Symphony Orchestra.
He is a member of the Alma Woodwind Quintet, which won First Prize in the Henri Tomasi International Woodwind Quintet Competition in Marseille, France.
CHO was a laureate of the Carl Nielsen International Music Competition and Debussy International Clarinet Competition.
He studied at the Korean National University of Arts and the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris with Prof. Michel ARRIGNON and Prof. Pascal MORAGUÉS.
Viola｜Paul NEUBAUER
Violist Paul NEUBAUER's exceptional musicality and effortless playing led the New York Times to call him "a master musician." Appointed principal violist of the New York Philharmonic at age 21, he has appeared as soloist with over 100 orchestras including the New York, Los Angeles, and Helsinki philharmonics; National, St. Louis, Detroit, Dallas, San Francisco, and Bournemouth symphonies; and Santa Cecilia, English Chamber, and Beethovenhalle orchestras. He has premiered viola concertos by BARTÓK (revised version of the Viola Concerto), FRIEDMAN, GLIÈRE, JACOB, KERNIS, LAZAROF, MÜLLER-SIEMENS, OTT, PENDERECKI, PICKER, SUTER, and TOWER and has been featured on CBS's Sunday Morning, A Prairie Home Companion, and in Strad, Strings, and People magazines. A two-time Grammy nominee, he has recorded on numerous labels including Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, RCA Red Seal, and Sony Classical. NEUBAUER is the artistic director of the Mostly Music series in New Jersey and is on the faculty of The Juilliard School and Mannes College.
Viola | Scott LEE
Scott LEE has established himself as one of the most exciting and unique violists to emerge in recent years. Winner of the 1996 Concert Artists Guild Competition, he became the youngest winner in the Competition's 50 year history. In 1990, he won First Prize in both violin and viola in the Taiwan National Instrumental Competition, and has been a top prize winner in the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition, the William Primrose Viola Competition, and the Corpus Christi (TX) Young Artists Competition.
Recent highlights of LEE's concert schedule include performances at the Newport Chamber Music Festival, La Jolla Chamber Music Festival, New York City's Bargemusic, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Musicians from Marlboro, Merkin Concert Hall, and Taiwan's National Concert Hall, Alice Tully Hall, The Gardner Museum in Boston and the Metropolitan Museum. He also presented a New York recital debut at Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall), and appeared as guest artist with the Miro String Quartet, at the Marlboro Festival and in numerous recital and chamber music venues across the United States. He has also collaborated with members of the Guarneri, Juilliard, Orion, and Miami String Quartets, and performed with members of the Beaux Arts and Mannes Piano Trios.
His chamber music partners have included such renowned artists as Cho-Liang LIN, Kyoko TAKEZAWA, Paul NEUBAUER, Ani KAFAVIAN, Fred SHERRY, Gil SHAHAM, Felix GALIMIR, David SOYER, Peter WILEY, Gary HOFFMAN and Hilary HAHN. Scott LEE has been a featured soloist at the International Hindemith Viola Festival and at the 22nd and 24th International Viola Congresses. He is a faculty member at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory and at the Idyllwild Chamber Music Festival and Workshop in California.
Cello｜Henri DEMARQUETTE
"An enthusiastic musician with a multi-faceted personality, Henri DEMARQUETTE plays the cello as if setting a deep forest ablaze; not a single stroke of his bow leaves the listener indifferent because he awakens music's subconscious" -Olivier Bellamy, Le Monde de la Musique
As a young, brilliant musician Henri DEMARQUETTE attended the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique in Paris at the age of thirteen and studied with Philippe MULLER and Maurice GENDRON. His talent was quickly noticed and he was unanimously awarded the Conservatoire's first prize which led him to work with Pierre FOURNIER and Paul TORTELIER in Paris, and Janos STARKER in Bloomington, USA.
Already familiar with the stage, DEMARQUETTE made his concert debut at 17 in a recital at Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. He caught the attention of Lord Yehudi MENUHIN, who invited him to play DVOŘÁK's Cello Concerto with him in Prague and Paris.
His career then took an international turn and he was invited to perform across the world with some of the greatest French and international orchestras: most recently Orchestre National de France, London Philharmonic, Weiner KammerOrchester, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. He plays a Goffredo Cappa cello dated 1700.
TC International Chamber Music Series - Autumnal BRAHMS
In the summer of 1890, BRAHMS completed his String Quintet in G Major. The piece opens with grandeur and orchestral thinking, and it can be seen as a distillation of his signature style. He sent the score to his publisher, and the accompanying letter seemed to hint at his intention to retire. However, upon hearing the playing of clarinetist Richard MÜHLFELD, his creative spirit was reignited. He went on to compose the Clarinet Quintet in b minor for MÜHLFELD—a work that highlights the clarinet's full range of timbres and techniques, engaging in delicate dialogue with the strings. It evokes a gentle, melancholic autumnal atmosphere, like a reflective gaze upon life in its twilight years.
Program
J. BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet in b minor, Op. 115
J. BRAHMS: String Quintet in G Major, Op. 111
Creative and Production Team
Violin｜HU Nai-yuan, Eric TSAI
Viola｜Paul NEUBAUER, Scott LEE
Cello｜Henri DEMARQUETTE
Clarinet｜CHO Inn-hyuck
Team Introducton
Music Director, Violin｜HU Nai-yuan
Since winning the First Prize of the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition in 1985, violinist HU Nai-yuan has appeared on many of the world's stages, including the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Avery Fisher Hall in New York, Suntory Hall in Tokyo and other major venues in Europe.
As a recitalist, HU performed in such venues as Alice Tully Hall and Weill Recital Hall in New York, Cité de la Musique in Paris, Casals Hall in Tokyo, and Jordan Hall in Boston where he premiered Bright SHENG's "The Stream Flows" in 1990. He has appeared either as guest soloist or chamber music artist in such festivals as Mostly Mozart, Marlboro, OK Mozart, Seattle, Grand Teton, Kirishima in Japan, Casalmaggiore in Italy, and Beijing where he performed with FOU Ts'ong, Martha ARGERICH and Misha MAISKY.
HU's recording of GOLDMARK's Concerto and BRUCH's Concerto No. 2 with Gerard SCHWARZ and the Seattle Symphony (released by Delos Music) garnered "Critics' Choice" from Gramophone as well as praises from many publications including BBC Music Magazine, The Times of London, and The Washington Post. He has also recorded for EMI Taiwan, Koch International, Sunrise, and Chi-Mei in Taiwan, playing on the Foundation's Stradivari and Guarneri del Gesù violins.
HU has served on the jury of international competitions such as the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Belgium and the Seoul International Violin Competition. He has given master classes in music schools in America, Europe and Asia. Born in Taiwan, HU began studying the violin at age five. He arrived in the United States in 1972 to continue his studies with Broadus ERLE and later with Joseph SILVERSTEIN. He attended Indiana University where he studied with Josef GINGOLD and subsequently served as Mr. GINGOLD's assistant. He currently resides with his wife June HUANG in New York City.
Clarinet | CHO Inn-hyuck
Native of South Korea, CHO Inn-hyuck was just named Principal Clarinet of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Prior to his appointment in 2016, he was Principal Clarinet of the Basel Symphony Orchestra (Switzerland), one of the oldest European orchestras, as well as the Musikkollegium Winterthur (Switzerland). He has performed as a guest with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Zurich Philharmonia, Radio France Philharmonic, the Bavarian Radio Chamber Orchestra, and the Luzern Symphony Orchestra.
He is a member of the Alma Woodwind Quintet, which won First Prize in the Henri Tomasi International Woodwind Quintet Competition in Marseille, France.
CHO was a laureate of the Carl Nielsen International Music Competition and Debussy International Clarinet Competition.
He studied at the Korean National University of Arts and the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris with Prof. Michel ARRIGNON and Prof. Pascal MORAGUÉS.
Viola｜Paul NEUBAUER
Violist Paul NEUBAUER's exceptional musicality and effortless playing led the New York Times to call him "a master musician." Appointed principal violist of the New York Philharmonic at age 21, he has appeared as soloist with over 100 orchestras including the New York, Los Angeles, and Helsinki philharmonics; National, St. Louis, Detroit, Dallas, San Francisco, and Bournemouth symphonies; and Santa Cecilia, English Chamber, and Beethovenhalle orchestras. He has premiered viola concertos by BARTÓK (revised version of the Viola Concerto), FRIEDMAN, GLIÈRE, JACOB, KERNIS, LAZAROF, MÜLLER-SIEMENS, OTT, PENDERECKI, PICKER, SUTER, and TOWER and has been featured on CBS's Sunday Morning, A Prairie Home Companion, and in Strad, Strings, and People magazines. A two-time Grammy nominee, he has recorded on numerous labels including Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, RCA Red Seal, and Sony Classical. NEUBAUER is the artistic director of the Mostly Music series in New Jersey and is on the faculty of The Juilliard School and Mannes College.
Viola | Scott LEE
Scott LEE has established himself as one of the most exciting and unique violists to emerge in recent years. Winner of the 1996 Concert Artists Guild Competition, he became the youngest winner in the Competition's 50 year history. In 1990, he won First Prize in both violin and viola in the Taiwan National Instrumental Competition, and has been a top prize winner in the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition, the William Primrose Viola Competition, and the Corpus Christi (TX) Young Artists Competition.
Recent highlights of LEE's concert schedule include performances at the Newport Chamber Music Festival, La Jolla Chamber Music Festival, New York City's Bargemusic, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Musicians from Marlboro, Merkin Concert Hall, and Taiwan's National Concert Hall, Alice Tully Hall, The Gardner Museum in Boston and the Metropolitan Museum. He also presented a New York recital debut at Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall), and appeared as guest artist with the Miro String Quartet, at the Marlboro Festival and in numerous recital and chamber music venues across the United States. He has also collaborated with members of the Guarneri, Juilliard, Orion, and Miami String Quartets, and performed with members of the Beaux Arts and Mannes Piano Trios.
His chamber music partners have included such renowned artists as Cho-Liang LIN, Kyoko TAKEZAWA, Paul NEUBAUER, Ani KAFAVIAN, Fred SHERRY, Gil SHAHAM, Felix GALIMIR, David SOYER, Peter WILEY, Gary HOFFMAN and Hilary HAHN. Scott LEE has been a featured soloist at the International Hindemith Viola Festival and at the 22nd and 24th International Viola Congresses. He is a faculty member at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory and at the Idyllwild Chamber Music Festival and Workshop in California.
Cello｜Henri DEMARQUETTE
"An enthusiastic musician with a multi-faceted personality, Henri DEMARQUETTE plays the cello as if setting a deep forest ablaze; not a single stroke of his bow leaves the listener indifferent because he awakens music's subconscious" -Olivier Bellamy, Le Monde de la Musique
As a young, brilliant musician Henri DEMARQUETTE attended the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique in Paris at the age of thirteen and studied with Philippe MULLER and Maurice GENDRON. His talent was quickly noticed and he was unanimously awarded the Conservatoire's first prize which led him to work with Pierre FOURNIER and Paul TORTELIER in Paris, and Janos STARKER in Bloomington, USA.
Already familiar with the stage, DEMARQUETTE made his concert debut at 17 in a recital at Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. He caught the attention of Lord Yehudi MENUHIN, who invited him to play DVOŘÁK's Cello Concerto with him in Prague and Paris.
His career then took an international turn and he was invited to perform across the world with some of the greatest French and international orchestras: most recently Orchestre National de France, London Philharmonic, Weiner KammerOrchester, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. He plays a Goffredo Cappa cello dated 1700.
- Price: NTD 300, 500, 800, 1200, 1500, 1800, 2500
- Weiwuying Co-organiser Program
- Duration is 110 minutes with a 20-minute intermission.
- Age guidance 4+, Children under 7 must be accompanied by an adult.
- Latecomers must follow staff instructions for entry and re-entry.
Helpful Guide
