Che-Yen Chen – Past Concerts
Taiwanese-American violist Che-Yen Chen has established himself as an active performer and educator. Since winning First Prize in the 2003 Primrose International Viola Competition and the "President Prize" of the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition, he was described as a musician whose "most impressive aspect of his playing was his ability to find not just the subtle emotion, but the humanity hidden in the music." As the founding and former member of the Formosa Quartet, he won the first prize in the 2006 London International String Quartet Competition, founded the Formosa Chamber Music Festival in Taiwan, and has released recordings on EMI, Delos, New World, and Bridge Records. Chen was the principal violist of the San Diego Symphony and Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra for eight years and has appeared as guest principal viola with Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra, and Toronto Symphony. A former Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society Two member, Chen frequently performs and teaches at music festivals across North America and Asia. Professor of Viola Performance and Chamber Music at UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Chen has previously served on the faculty of USC Thornton School of Music, UC San Diego, San Diego State University, California State University Fullerton, and McGill University. A native of Taipei, Chen began his viola study with Ben Lin and became a four-time winner of the National Viola Competition in Taiwan. As a fourteen- year-old, he came to the U.S.A. to matriculate at The Curtis Institute of Music under the mentorship of Michael Tree and Joseph de Pasquale and later at The Juilliard School studying viola performance and string quartet with Paul Neubauer and The Juilliard Quartet. Chen joined the renowned Ehnes Quartet in 2023.
SCMS: The Ehnes Quartet at Town Hall
Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2 "Razumovsky"
Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59, No. 3 "Razumovsky"
Pay-what-you-can, $4-$60 ($35 suggested)
SCMS: Daydreams – An Afternoon of Debussy
Claude Debussy — Sonata for flute, viola, and harp, L. 137
Claude Debussy — Cello Sonata, L. 135
Claude Debussy — Syrinx, L. 129
Claude Debussy — String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10, L. 91
$20-$70 ($20-$30 student/ages 30 & under)
SCMS Winter Festival: Mozart, Britten, Mendelssohn
Benjamin Britten — String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36
Felix Mendelssohn — Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49
From $65
SCMS Winter Festival: Free Pre-Concert Recital – Ehnes Quartet
Free
SCMS Winter Festival: Beethoven, Walker, Elgar
George Walker — String Quartet No. 1
Edward Elgar — Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84
From $65
SCMS Winter Festival: Ravel, Clarke, Brahms
Rebecca Clarke — Piano Trio
Johannes Brahms — String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18
From $65
Fabian Concert Series: Ehnes Quartet
Robert Schumann — String Quartet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 41, No. 1
Benjamin Britten — String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36
$20 (students free)
Seattle Chamber Music Society: The Ehnes Quartet
Robert Schumann — String Quartet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 41, No. 1
$375
SCMS Summer Festival: Rachmaninoff, Rimsky-Korsakov, Chausson
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — String Sextet in A major
Ernest Chausson — Concert for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet in D major, Op. 21
In person: $60 ($25 student/ages 30 & under) | Stream: $30
SCMS Chamber Music in the Park: Boccherini & Brahms
Free
SCMS Summer Festival: Beethoven, Hamelin, Brahms
Marc-André Hamelin — Piano Quintet
Johannes Brahms — String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36 "Agathe"
In person: $60 ($25 student/ages 30 & under) | Stream: $30
SCMS Summer Festival: Boccherini, Fuchs, Korngold
Robert Fuchs — Piano Quartet No. 2 in B minor, Op. 75
Erich Wolfgang Korngold — Piano Quintet in E major, Op. 15
In person: $60 ($25 student/ages 30 & under) | Stream: $30
SCMS Summer Festival: Mozart, Mendelssohn, Brahms
Felix Mendelssohn — String Quartet No. 4 in E minor, Op. 44, No. 2
Johannes Brahms — String Quintet No. 1 in F major, Op. 88
In person: $60 ($25 student/ages 30 & under) | Stream: $30
SCMS Winter Festival: Mendelssohn, Saint-Saëns, Franck
Camille Saint-Saëns — Cello Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 32
César Franck — Piano Quintet in F minor
$60 ($25 student/ages 30 & under)
SCMS Winter Festival: Free Pre-Concert Recital – Haydn "Sun" Quartet
Free
SCMS Winter Festival: Haydn, Shostakovich, Schumann
Dmitri Shostakovich — Violin Sonata in G major, Op. 134
Robert Schumann — Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47
$60 ($25 student/ages 30 & under)
SCMS Winter Festival: Beethoven, Turner, Brahms
Jeremy Turner — Six Mile House
Johannes Brahms — Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
$60 ($25 student/ages 30 & under)
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Norman, Vivaldi, Piazzolla
Antonio Vivaldi — Violin Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269 "La primavera" ("Spring" from The Four Seasons)
Antonio Vivaldi — Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315 "L'estate" ("Summer" from The Four Seasons)
Antonio Vivaldi — Violin Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293 "L'autunno" ("Autumn" from The Four Seasons)
Antonio Vivaldi — Violin Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297 "L'inverno" ("Winter" from The Four Seasons)
Astor Piazzolla — Las cuatro estaciones porteñas ("The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires")
$25
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Kodály, Moszkowski, Dvorák
Moritz Moszkowski — Suite for Two Violins and Piano in G minor, Op. 71
Antonín Dvořák — String Quintet No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97, B. 180 "American"
$25
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Bach, Bartók, Brahms
Béla Bartók — String Quartet No. 6, Sz. 114, BB 119
Johannes Brahms — String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111
$25
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