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About the Show
The New Asia Chamber Music Society’s first appearance at National Sawdust features the music of Patrick Zimmerli and Max Bruch. New York native Patrick Zimmerli writes gripping, original works that blend world music, classical music and jazz. This concert brings three of his works, The Call, for Viola and Piano; Spectres, for Solo Viola; and the world premiere of his Clarinet Sonata, with Max Bruch’s gorgeous pieces for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano.
Patrick Zimmerli’s Clarinet Sonata is a tour de force of jazz-inflected contemporary chamber music. Over three movements, grooves, virtuosic quasi-improvisations, lush harmonies, and the passion and drive of jazz and popular music are framed within a classical formal design, taking the listener on an epic emotional journey.
Spectres, for Solo Viola, in three large movements flanked by four shorter “Apparitions,” is a musical rumination on the way the dead and departed can live on through us, in life and in art. The idea of haunting is dramatized in the “Apparitions,” consisting of one simple musical idea that recurs throughout the piece.
The Call, a short, highly charged piece for Viola and Piano, has been performed as an encore piece many times throughout the US and Europe.
Max Bruch’s Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano is one of the most glorious sets of pieces for the instrumentation, thriving on rich melodies and gorgeous colors in the clarinet and viola, which are treated as equal partners in this moving set.
About the Artists
Patrick Zimmerli
Patrick Zimmerli, award-winning New York- and Paris-based jazz and classical composer, is the curator of the IN/TER\SECT festival at Bryant Park. His Oratorio for chorus and jazz instruments, celebrating the life of WWI poet Alan Seeger, was recently premiered at the Invalides in Paris. He has written numerous works for jazz and classical musicians, among them jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman, the Escher String Quartet, jazz pianist Brad Mehldau, and the Paris Percussion Group. He has recorded 14 albums since 1991; in September he will record Clockworks, his CMA New Jazz Works Commission, for 2018 release.
Website: PatrickZimmerli.com
Dr. Wei-Yang Andy Lin
Taiwanese born violist and erhuist (Chinese violin), Wei-Yang Andy Lin, is recognized as one of the most promising performers on his instrument today. He has won numerous competitions including Taiwan National Viola Competition, First Prize in the 2008 Juilliard Viola Concerto Competition and subsequently made his Lincoln Center solo debut at Avery Fisher Hall. He has appeared as soloist on both viola and erhu with orchestras such as the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Orford Academy Orchestra in Canada, Incheon Philharmonic in Korea and Children’s Orchestra Symphony at Lincoln Center. He has performed the erhu solo part at the U.S. Premiere of Sir Peter Maxwell Davie’s “Kommilitonen!” with the Juilliard Opera Production, as well as the world premiere of Jeeyoung Kim’s “Engraft” for solo erhu and string orchestra with Solisti Ensemble. He also premiered Winnie Lan-In Yang’s “Fantasy for Erhu and Strings” with the New York Classical Players. He has also been invited by the Metropolitan Museum to give recitals at their Gallery Concert Series and Patrons Lounge Concert.
Website: www.andylinviola.com
Dr. Kelly Yu-Chieh Lin
Kelly Lin is a pianist who has performed as a soloist with the Eastern Music Festival Philharmonic, Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra, and the Santa Barbara Youth Symphony in addition to making regular appearances at Carnegie Hall in New York City. She was the grand prize winner at the Eastern Music Festival Piano Competition and the first place winner at the Chinese-American Piano Competition, the CAPMT Piano Competition, the MTAC Concerto Competition, and the Temecula Arts Council Piano Competition. She was also the second-place winner at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Piano Competition. Kelly coaches and accompanies chamber music and piano performance at the Berkshire Music Festival, Westminster High School Piano Camp, and 4Strings Summer Festival every summer. She works at the Juilliard School of Music and Rutgers University as a regular accompanist.
Yu-Ting Cheng
Yu-Ting Cheng (born 14 Nov 1989 in Taipei), is an award-winning Taiwanese clarinetist and composer. She commenced her musical studies in 2008 at Soochow University, continuing at Peabody Insititute of Music and earning her doctorate at West Virginia Univeristy, where she also studied composition. In 2016, she is also enrolled as a doctorate student and a teaching assistant at Stony Brook Univeristy, studying with former Artistic Director of Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Alan Kay. Yu-Ting has captivated audiences since 2002, when she won first prize in the Taipei Student Music Competition. In 2003, at age 14, she won the most competitive Taiwanese national music competition, the Hsing Tien Kong Young Artist Award. In August 2016 she was selected as an outstanding alumna by the Taiwan Chapter Society of Peabody Alumni and will give a recital in August 2017 at the Taiwanese national concert hall. In June 2016, her piece “Haya, for solo clarinet and electronics” was selected for the Electronic Music Midwest Festival concerts. In November 2016, she was invited to be the presenter of TEDxSBU Talk to share the compositional process of her piece.
