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After nearly four decades of acclaimed performances at Stanford and around the world, the St. Lawrence String Quartet introduces the St. Lawrence Legacy Series. This new initiative, in partnership with Stanford Live, showcases three of today’s most celebrated string quartets—ranging from legendary ensembles to rising stars and fresh competition winners. Each group will spend a week on campus in a wide-ranging residency focused on mentorship, collaboration, and community engagement, culminating in a world-class performance at Bing Concert Hall.

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Viano String Quartet with Vienna Teng

Stanford University

The Kava-Kava ensemble is a group of about fifteen female voices, including Virginie Petit, who is also the principal first violinist of the OPRL. They perform a repertoire that spans from French chansons (Maurane, Camille, Juliette...) to English-language pop songs (Typh Barrow, Twarres...) and includes vocal polyphony (Ola Gjeilo, Vienna Teng, Jim Papoulis). Their performances are accompanied by original staging and the distinctive "kava-kavesque" humor. Kava-Kava also refers to the root of a wild Pacific pepper plant, which, when taken in infusion and in small doses, is believed to help overcome fatigue, stress, and depression.

Kavaladi

Salle Philharmonique de Liège

This clarion call opens Aims, Vienna Teng’s fifth studio album. It’s as much a reminder for Vienna herself as an invitation to her listeners – a call to awaken the full potential within all of us.

Indeed, the new album finds Vienna in full adventurous mode. Recorded in Nashville with producer Cason Cooley (Katie Herzig, Matthew Perryman Jones), Aims is exuberant and buoyant in its enthusiasm, yet crafted with the same creative precision that has defined her previous work. The acoustic piano, once the centerpiece of her recordings, plays an occasional supportive role here; in its place are intricate layers of electronica, percussion, strings, and electric guitars. “Cason and I built a playlist of reference songs when we started working,” Vienna remembers. “We put Beck and Florence & the Machine and Kanye West on there. James Blake, Foster the People, Vampire Weekend. We started by stealing from the music we were obsessed with.”

Vienna Teng

Joe's Pub

Praised for their “virtuosity, visceral expression, and rare unity of intention” (Boston Globe), the Viano Quartet has quickly soared to international acclaim as one of the most dynamic and in-demand string quartets of their generation. Winners of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2025, the ensemble has captivated audiences worldwide ever since they were awarded First Prize at the 13th Banff International String Quartet Competition, with appearances at renowned venues such as Lincoln Center in New York, Berlin’s Konzerthaus, Toronto’s Koerner Hall, Hong Kong’s City Hall, and London’s Wigmore Hall. The Viano Quartet are Bowers Program Artists at The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center from 2024-2027.

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Vienna Teng

Events

Upcoming events

Apr 11, 2026

Viano Quartet · Schubert Club

Past events

Oct 19, 2025

Viano String Quartet with Vienna Teng · Stanford Live

Feb 27, 2024

Kavaladi · Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège

Future and recently performed repertoire

Piano in The Hymn of Acxiom by Teng

Stanford Live

Piano in Stray Italian Greyhound by Teng

Stanford Live

Piano in We’ve Got You by Teng

Stanford Live

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