T'ang Quartet with John Chen (Singapore/ New Zealand)

31/10 (Saturday);8pm     Dom Pedro V Theatre     Tickets: MOP 200, 150, 100

John Chen, Piano
Wilma Smith, First Violin
Ang Chek Meng, Second Violin
Han Oh, Viola
Leslie Tan, Cello

Programme:
A. Schnittke (1937-1998): Piano Quintet
Gao Ping (b. 1970): Piano Quintet “Mei, Lan, Zhu, Ju”
A. Dvořák (1841-1904): Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, op. 81

The T'ang Quartet, formed in 1992, were trained individually in London and Moscow and have garnered many international awards, performing to critical acclaim internationally – from concerts at the Tanglewood Festival in the USA to London's Wigmore Hall, Australia's music festivals in Melbourne and Canberra, the New Zealand International Arts Festival, the Singapore Arts Festival and the Edinburgh International Festival. John Chen is one of New Zealand’s leading musicians. In 2004, at the age of 18, he became the youngest ever winner of the Sydney International Piano Competition. In the five years since, John has become one of the very few whose career has matched its auspicious competition beginnings.

“A fine-toned, well-balanced, thoughtfully blended ensemble without a weak-link - and with an excellent sense of style'.
The Strad

Duration: approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes, including one interval