Join us as we launch our 34th-Season to explore the past and present of chamber music. This concert will feature selections from classical European folk music, and imaginative interpretations of works by American jazz legend Thelonius Monk played on a pipa —  sometimes called a Chinese lute.

This wide-ranging concert will culminate with the Dallas-Fort Worth premiere of Tan Dun’s hypnotic “Ghost Opera” for string quartet and pipa. Hear the voices of water, metal, paper, stone and imagination.

These works together will showcase the versatility of chamber music.

Sonata for two violins – Miklós Rózsa

Terzetto Op. 74 for Two Violins and Viola               Antonín Dvořák

“Ask Me Now”                                                            Thelonious Monk/Min Xiao-Fen

“For Our Children”                                                     Thelonious Monk/Min Xiao-Fen

Ghost Opera                                                  Tan Dun

Cho-Liang Lin                                               Violin

Michael Shih                                                 Violin

Atar Arad                                                       Viola

Sophie Shao                                                   Cello

Min Xiao-Fen                                                 Pipa