Pianist Archie Chen, a graduate of Spokane’s Mead High School, is a charismatic and commanding performer of solo and chamber music repertoire and is noted for his warm, varied tone, and his unusual and compelling interpretations. His performances have led him throughout the United States, Asia, the Middle East and Europe, where he served as Assistant Professor of Piano at the Royal Irish Academy of Music and founder of the Dublin International Piano Festival & Summer Academy. He will join the SSQ for Antonin Dvorak’s Piano Quintet No. 2. Also on the program is music by Ludwig von Beethoven and contemporary Canadian composer Vivian Fung.
Ludwig von Beethoven: String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4
Vivian Fung: String Quartet No. 1
Antonin Dvorak: Piano Quintet No 2 in A Major, Op. 81