Chihsuan Yang - solo violin 7-29-11

Chicago violinist Chihsuan Yang performs at Cafe Paradiso in Fairfield, Iowa on July 29, 2011. Music by Chihsuan Yang. Others on stage performing that evening were (l-r) 2011 American Idol contestant Caleb Hawley, Rachel Platten (with the hit "1000 Ships"), and singer/songwriter Matthew Santos. Visit Chihsuan at:
http://chihsuan.wordpress.com

Ripped straight from her blog site:
Chihsuan Yang began playing the violin at the age of four in her native country, Taiwan.

As an active freelance musician in Chicago, Chihsuan also plays piano, electric violin, erhu (a Chinese fiddle) and Okinawa Sanshin (a Japanese stringed instrument). She is a founding member of the Accende Ensemble, a classical quintet; she is a member of New Millennium Orchestra of Chicago and plays with blues harmonica/piano virtuoso Corky Siegel in his band Chamber Blues.

She has participated in music festivals such as the SLSQ Chamber Music Seminar at Stanford University, Colorado College Chamber Music Festival, Festival de Musica de Camara, Feria de las Artes Sinaloa of Mexico.

Chihsuan's theatrical collaborations include performances with the Lookingglass, Steppenwolf and Natya Dance Theatre Companies. In 2006, Chihsuan participated in the epic Indian musical, Sita Ram, with Lookingglass, Natya Dance Theatre Companies and Grammy-nominated recording artist Jai Uttal. In 2007, she presented the WFMT live broadcast performance of Citizens of the World with Steppenwolf and the Chicago Children's Choir at Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. In June 2007, Chihsuan performed on the erhu with The Dalai Lama at his public lecture in Millennium Park in Chicago. Other collaborations include: DJ Spooky, Howard Levy of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Harvey Mandel of The Rolling Stones, Barry Goldberg of Bob Dylan, Plaid, and Michael Kang from String Cheese Incident. She has also performed with Grammy-winning rapper Lupe Fiasco, and toured with Brian Wilson from The Beach Boys. In 2008, Chihsuan had a solo perfomance on the violin, erhu and electric violin with Youth Symphony of DuPage. Most recently, She presented "Freedome Symphony" in Chicago's Harris Theater with "The God of Indian Violin" Dr. L. Subramaniam and "The Melody Queen of Bollywood" Kavita Krishnamurti Subramaniam.

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