The Formosa Quartet has an insatiable appetite for new and unusual material for string quartet. Their unique programs reflect their explorations of Asian and Western traditions, jazz and pop songs, and the rich musical heritages of the Americas.

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Formosa Quartet

Tulsa Performing Arts Center

 Formosa Quartet

Hailed as “spellbinding” (The Strad) and “remarkably fine” (Gramophone), the Formosa Quartet makes its PCMS debut with Society favorites Hsin-Yun Huang and Peter Wiley. The afternoon culminates in Dvořák’s String Sextet in A Major, Op. 48, a work full of delightful, spontaneous invention that the Czech composer wrote over the course of just two weeks in 1878.

American Philosophical Society

Experience the captivating Formosa Quartet at the Blaffer Art Museum featuring works by Haydn, Dvořák, and a special workshop on Nanguan Theater presented by pipa player Mei-Hui Wei and composer Shih-Hui Chen

Distinguished winners of the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition, their performances have garnered acclaim worldwide. Charting musical territories “beyond the beautiful” (MUSO Magazine), they blend diverse cultural influences. As Quartet-in-Residence at the Moores School of Music, they continue their legacy of innovation.

Formosa Quartet at the Blaffer Art Museum

Blaffer Art Museum

Winners of both the First Prize and Amadeus Prize at the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition, the Formosa Quartet is “one of the very best quartets of their generation” (David Soyer, cellist, Guarneri Quartet). The ensemble is deeply committed to championing Taiwanese music and promoting the arts in Taiwan, as well as exploring diverse and adventurous mediums for string quartet.

The Formosa Quartet has played a leading role in actively commissioning new works, contributing significantly to the modern string quartet repertory. Formosa’s 2019 milestone album From Hungary to Taiwan includes premiere recordings of three Formosa commissions: Lei Liang’s Song Recollections, Dana Wilson’s Hungarian Folk Songs, and Wei-Chieh Lin’s Five Taiwanese Folk Songs. Other works composed for the Quartet include pieces by Dana Wilson, Wei-Chieh Lin, Shih-Hui Chen, and Clancy Newman.

Formed in 2002 when the four Taiwanese-descended founders came together for a concert tour of Taiwan, the Formosa Quartet’s cultural identity has since expanded to include broader American and pan-Asian roots. Their name “Formosa” is still a tribute to the culture of Taiwan, but is also largely taken in its most basic sense: Portuguese for “beautiful.”

Formosa Quartet

Sep 22, 2024

Formosa Quartet

21 - 22 Sep, 2024

Formosa Quartet

Formosa Quartet