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Fall Concert Series 2011 ~
"Music with the Angels"
PERFORMER
Francis Liu, Violinist
Francis Liu,
With an inclination for eclectic and
innovative projects, violinist Francis Liu chooses to play music ranging
from early Baroque to the latest contemporary pieces. Mr. Liu was a founding
member of the Adelphi String Quartet, which served as the graduate
quartet-in-residence at the University of Maryland School of Music from
2009-2011. With the quartet, Mr. Liu performed at the Clarice Smith
Performing Arts Center, the Washington Arts Club, and the Smithsonian
American History Museum. In 2009, he joined with the Axelrod Quartet for a
performance of the Mendelssohn Octet on the Smithsonian museum's collection
of Stradivarius and Amati instruments. With members of the quartet,
Mr. Liu recently completed a recording of Walter Gieseking's rediscovered
Kleine Musik, which will be released on the Naxos label.
In addition to his work with the quartet, Mr. Liu has given performances at
the Millennium Stage of the Kennedy Center and the Haydn 2009 festival at
the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. He has performed with the Inscape Chamber
Orchestra, the Fairfax Symphony, the Annapolis Chamber Players, and the
Baltimore early music ensemble, Pro Musica Rara. Fond of working with living
composers, Mr. Liu has also appeared at the Bang on a Can Summer Music
Festival, where he played in a marathon concert celebrating to the music of
Steve Reich.
Mr. Liu received his doctorate from the University of Maryland, studying
with David Salness. He completed his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the
Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, where he was a student of
Kenneth Goldsmith. He has engaged in chamber music studies with the Diaz
Trio, as well as the Guarneri, Cleveland, Audubon, Orion, and Kronos
Quartets.
Fall 2011 Concert Series
Program Schedule
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