WHOThe Formosa Quartet
WHATGuest artist concert
WHEN7:30 p.m. Jan. 26
WHEREE. Desmond and Mary Ann Lee TheaterBlanche M. Touhill Performing Arts CenterUniversity of Missouri-St. LouisOne University Blvd.St. Louis, Mo. 63121
SPONSORSDepartment of Music at the University of Missouri-St. LouisRobert and Vera Olson Fund for the Arts
TICKETS$15-$20
INFO314-516-4949http://www.touhill.org
DETAILSThe Formosa Quartet won first prize and the Amadeus Prize at the prestigious 10th London International String Quartet competition. Their UMSL concert will mark their first performance in a University of Missouri System tour. The quartet will perform Bedrich Smetana's 1876 String Quartet No. 1 in E minor ("From My Life") and Shih-Hui Chen's String Quartet No. 5, Mei-Hua, which was composed for the Formosa Quartet in 2007.
The Formosa Quartet formed in 2003 for a concert tour of Taiwan, the land of the original members' shared heritage. They named the quartet after "Ilha Formosa," the name given to the main island of Taiwan by a group of 16th-Century Portuguese sailors. Formosa means beautiful.
Gramophone called the Formosa Quartet's playing "remarkably fine both in meticulous response to the letter and in a desire to look beyond the notes." The concert will feature a guest performance by Scott Lee, associate professor of viola at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Visit http://www.formosaquartet.com for more information about the quartet. |
