Mozart and Beethoven at the Library
Free (Free)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — String Quartet No. 14 in G major K. 387 "Spring"
Li-Ling Liao, violin
Chris Lin, violin
Rafael H. Howell-Flores, viola
Janice Lee, cello
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – String Quartet in G major, K.V. 387
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet Op 18. No. 1 (movements I and IV)
Assorted Taiwanese folk tunes
Please join us at the Seattle Central Library for a Mother's Day performance!
This event is free!
Li-Ling has been an active freelance violinist since 2007. Ms. Liao has been invited frequently to perform as a soloist and a chamber player in North America and Asia. Since moving to the Northwest area, Ms. Liao has played with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (BC), the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra, Yakima Symphony Orchestra, and is currently associate concertmaster of the Vancouver Island Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Liao was faculty at the Vancouver Academy of Music and the Yakima Valley Community College. Ms. Liao holds a doctorate degree in Violin Performance from the University of Maryland at College Park.
Chris Lin started the violin at age 4, and the piano at age 5. He studied with Daniel Kobialka, former principal second of the San Francisco Symphony, and currently freelances with the Federal Way Symphony, the Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra, and the Seattle Philharmonic. He has won first prizes at the Southwestern Youth Music Festival, performed with the National Festival Orchestra under Benjamin Zander at Carnegie Hall, and served as concertmaster and associate concertmaster of all-California and all-national youth orchestras. Chris received his PhD from the University of Washington and his BA from UC Berkeley.
Rafael H. Howell-Flores was born in San Jose, Costa Rica. He started his musical studies at Conservatorio de Castella where he earned his high school diploma and an honorable mention in violin performance. In 2002 he won the Monroe Scholarship to study at Loyola University New Orleans, violin and viola. In 2005 due to hurricane Katrina he was relocated to Albuquerque, New Mexico where he concluded his undergraduate viola performance degree and then earned his Masters in Music Performance at University of New Mexico. Rafael has played in numerous orchestras and chamber ensembles including The World Orchestra, New Mexico Philharmonic, Santa Fe Symphony, San Juan Symphony, Ensamble Tarrazú, and The World Orchestra Soloists. Now established in Seattle, Rafael freelances with orchestras throughout the Puget Sound. He has an active violin-viola studio in Issaquah, works as a Teaching Artist for Seattle Symphony, and is a violin coach for Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra.
Janice Lee is an active performer and coach in the greater Seattle area. She began playing the piano at age 5 and cello at 9. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education and Cello Performance from National Tainan University, Taiwan and her Master’s Degree in Cello Performance from the University of Washington under Toby Saks. Janice performs regularly with Puget Sound Concert Opera, the Gilbert and Sullivan Society, and the Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra. In addition to freelancing, Janice also serves as pianist at Kennydale United Methodist Church.