Yang & Olivia
Piano and Violin Classics to Pop
Saturday, March 22, 2025, 7:30 pm
Culpeper County High School Auditorium
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Yang Liu and Olivia Tsai |
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Classically trained dynamic violin piano duo Yang and Olivia perform
not only classical music, but also world contemporary, folk and
country music, turning your favorite tunes from every genre into
violin/piano transcriptions. In recent years, the two have performed
in over 30 US cities and internationally, teaching in China,
Portugal, Brazil, and Taiwan. Their performances feature stunning
renditions of works by Mozart, Dmitri Cervo, Schumann and Brahms, as
well as Chinese composers like Chihchun Chi-sun Lee. This
performance is not to be missed!
Yang Liu's playing has been praised as "a scorching
performance!" by The New York Times and "...from China, with
dazzling talent!" by Washington Post. Yang Liu is the first prize
winner of the International Artists Award Competition, the Medici
International Music Competition, China’s National Violin
Competition, and a prize winner of the Twelfth International
Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. He has performed as a soloist
with world-leading orchestras including the Cincinnati Symphony
Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra,
and Danish Royal Odense Philharmonic to name a few. His
award-winning album "Song of Nostalgia" showcases his virtuosity and
musicality. Born in QingDao, China, Yang studied in Central
Conservatory with Professor Yaoji Lin in Beijing China and the
College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati with Professor Kurt
Sassmannshaus and Dorothy Delay. Under the extraordinary ability
immigration program, Mr. Liu became an American citizen in 2014.
Dr. I-Hsuan Olivia Tsai currently serves as an associate
professor of VanderCook College of Music in Chicago. She is also the pianist of
the award-winning violin-piano duo, Yang and Olivia, which has
toured in the US, China, and Brazil. In addition, Tsai has appeared
as a soloist with QingDao Concert Hall Orchestra, Southern Illinois
Symphony Orchestra, and Highland Park Strings. She was the staff
pianist of the world-renowned Aspen Music Festival and Musicorda
Music Festival in the US, as well as artist faculty/performer of the
Oficina Music Festival, Curitiba Music Festival in Brazil, and
Algarve Music Festival in Portugal. In addition to performances, her
book "Schubert's Piano Trios" was published by Scholar's Press in
2014. In 2018, she co-founded Yang and Olivia Foundation to promote
cultural exchange via classical music between China and the US.
Since the pandemic, the foundation has dedicated its mission to
promoting diversity, equality and inclusion, featuring music with
diverse cultural influences. Olivia has appeared in numerous music
teacher’s associations and college music society’s conferences
sharing the music of her Asian heritage.
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