Formosa Quartet
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The Formosa Quartet is an American string quartet. The quartet won the First Prize and the Amadeus Prize at the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition in 2006,[1] and is committed to championing the indigenous music of under-represented cultures, and to stretching the boundaries of string quartet expression.
The Quartet premiered Taiwanese-American composer Shih-Hui Chen's Returning Souls: Four Pieces on Three Formosan Amis Legends in 2014,[2] 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.[3]
From 2014 to 2016 season, Formosa Quartet enjoyed a two-year residency with Art of Élan, a San Diego arts-presenting organization.[4] As ensemble-in-residence, Formosa worked with UCSD professor of composition Lei Liang to create a new piece based on the indigenous music of Taiwan. The culmination of the two-year project was the premiere performance of the commission, Song Recollections, and Formosa's 2019 critically acclaimed record album, From Hungary To Taiwan.
Discography
[edit]- Formosa Quartet. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, Claude Debussy, Hugo Wolf (EMI Classics)[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Wigmore Hall". London String Quartet Competition. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ "Art of Élan sets season of 'reflections'". U-T San Diego. August 13, 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ "New World Records: Album Details". New World Records. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ "Ensemble-In-Residence". Art of Elan. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ "String Quartet Recital". 16 January 2007 – via Amazon.
6.^https://today.emich.edu/story/story/12399
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