Yang Liu - "Notable Notes" - Volume IV - Summer 2005 Events


15-Jun-2005 - "Millenium" Stage, the Kennedy Center Washington DC.
Yang Liu can be heard on his debut recording, Song of Nostalgia, which features traditional Chinese songs and repertoire for the violin. Mr. Liu has been presented the "Lady Tennant" Stradivarius violin -- this concert marks the violin's return to the concert stage.  Scheduled performances are: Bach Chaconne, Beethoven Spring Sonata, and Prokofiev Sonata Op. 94a in D major.

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2005 Musicorda Summer Music Festival - Artistic Director,  Rachel Barton Pine

01-Jul-2005 - ROMANTIC SOUVENIRS presents two powerful and popular works, the Brahms' Piano Quartet in G Minor and Tchaikovsky's Souvenir de Florence performed by Musicorda faculty (Lynn Chang, violin; Denis Brott, cello; Anthony Elliott, cello; Csaba Erdéyi, viola; Matthew Hagle, piano; Yang Liu, violin; Karen Ritscher, viola; Masuko Ushioda, violin).

08-Jul-2005 - DUOS AMONG FRIENDS explores chamber music's most intimate genre, including "Martinu's Duo No. 2 for violin and cello", performed by guest artist Paul Kantor on violin and Anthony Elliott; "Violin duet by Bartok, Wieniawsky and Prokofiev", performed by Rachel Barton Pine and Yang Liu; and Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola, in a special arrangement for string sextet by Csaba Erdéyi, performed by Rachel Barton Pine, Csaba Erdéyi, Karen Ritscher  and Masuko Ushioda.

15-Jul-2005 - AMERICAN IDYLL celebrates American music: from Barber's Adagio for strings, Gershwin's Lullaby for string quartet, and Copland's Hoedown from " Rodeo" for strings, to works inspired by American folk music, spirituals, and Jazz, including pieces by Dvorak ("American"Quartet: second movement) and Mark O'Connor (F.C.'s Jig for violin and viola; Chief Sitting in the Rain for string trio; Limerick for two violins; Strings and Threads for violin and strings). The eclectic program also features Perkinson's Calvary Ostinato for solo cello, Menotti's Suite for two cellos (last two movements), Gershwin-Heifetz's Prelude No.1 for violin and piano, Schonfield's Caf? Music for piano trio (last movement), and Vieuxtemps' Souvenir d'Amerique for violin and piano. The evening's artists are Rachel barton Pine, Denis Brott, Lynn Chang, Anthony Elliott, Csaba Erdéyi, Matthew Hagle, Yang Liu, Mona Rashad, Karen Ritscher, and Russell Rolen.


Concert in the Park (Presented by: the Gialamas Company)
24-Aug-2005 - 0ld Sauk Trails Plaza, Madison, Wisconsin (solo performance) - 7 PM


American Players Theatre
29-Aug-2005 - Concert in the Woods, American Players Theater, Spring Green, Wisconsin (solo performance) - 7 PM.  Held in the beautiful woodland setting, the WCO proudly presents "Concert in the Woods" — a spectacular performance featuring guest artist Yang Liu. Yang Liu has already established himself as the most important Chinese violinist of his generation.

Contact & Ticket Info: http://www.playinthewoods.org/apt2_contact.html


Contact: Marylou Witz Enterprises
Marylou Witz, Artistic Agent
333 N. Canal Street #1807
Chicago, Illinois, USA 60606
+1-312-207-1985 Telephone
+1-312-207-1984 FAX        
email: 
mlwitz@hotmail.com 


"
There is no greater privilege for a violinist," said Liu's agent, Marylou Witz, "than to be presented with such a noble musical trust as the
Lady Tennant Strad.



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