Cellist Eunghee Cho’s Mellon Music Festival is back, with chamber music concerts in Davis from June 24 to 26. Cho, who recently joined the music faculty at the University of Houston, was born in Davis and was a cello student locally with Julie Hochman. He went on to earn a bachelor’s...

In a musical world which includes family ensembles - the Hagen Quartet (sibling sisters and brothers); the Eggner Trio (brothers); the Cousin Ouartet (cousins who won Musica Viva Australia's 2020 Strike a Chord Competition) - it is no surprise to discover musically talented Australian-Korean sisters...

Vicki Kellogg, founder and board chairwoman of the Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, and her husband, Chris, must have had an in with the rain gods Nov. 14, when they hosted a reception and concert in their home to kick off the society’s seventh season. Rain pattered down throughout the...

"The other Stravinsky soloist was equally dynamic in a work which showed the supposedly emotionless “late” Stravinsky in an Elegy for solo viola. The performer, Lisa Sung, played this very sensitive work almost entirely with double-stopping for a contrapuntal, Baroque feeling. Ms. Sung...

Juilliard’s new music ensemble AXIOM, under the superb leadership of conductor Jeffrey Milarsky, took the stage at Alice Tully Hall Friday night with a colorful program of 20th century modernist music. Led by the towering Igor Stravinsky, the concert featured the too-infrequent chance to hear...

Translation:   [Interview] Sung sisters accepted into The Juilliard School – Shanghai News “Individuality is more important than technique" On June 26th, a beautiful viola duet echoed in Pudong Uniting church. It was the two viola sisters, Lisa (20) & Sarah (18) Sung who are...

 Translation: “Music Scholar from MLC School to Juilliard” “Technique is fundamental, but you need to enhance it with your unique color to move the audience, so it’s very important to find the joy in performing.” Students of the prestigious Juilliard School,...

Translation: Korean-Australian sisters are full scholars at the Juilliard school. Viola major Lisa Sung (20) won Juilliard’s most prestigious scholarship after winning a perfect score in her audition two years ago, and younger sister Sarah (18) also has recently won a full scholarship to...

An orchestra is like an organism, people say when they want to illustrate the tightness and unity of a group’s playing. But on Saturday evening at the Juilliard School, the New Juilliard Ensemble’s performance of Harrison Birtwistle’s “Cantus Iambeus” (2005) was a...