Ru-Pei Yeh Cello Master Class

February 19, 2011 - 6:00pm
  • Saturday, February 19, 2011
  • TBA
  • TBA
  • Free

 

Cellist Ru-Pei Yeh cellist for the New York Philharmonic, has performed as a recitalist in her native Taiwan and in the U.S. Yeh is a founding member of the Formosa Quartet, has served as acting principal cello of the San Diego Symphony and the San Diego Opera, in addition to performing with a string quartet of principal players from the San Diego Symphony.

Ms. Yeh has made solo appearances with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, National Taiwan Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, North Carolina School of the Arts’s International Music Program Orchestra, and Kuan-Jen School Orchestra, and is the winner of numerous competitions.

Ms. Yeh, who has been performing professionally since the age of 10, moved to the U.S. at 13 to study with Orlando Cole at the Temple Preparatory School. She received her bachelor of music degree from the New England Conservatory under the tutelage of Laurence Lesser, and her master’s degree from The Juilliard School in 2004, studying with Joel Krosnick. She received her artist diploma from Juilliard in 2006.

Participants for the master class will be selected in advance. This event is free and open to the public but RSVP is appreciated. For more information and to RSVP, please contact Mr. Carter at . For more information, please contact the McIntire Department of Music at 434.924.3052.

This master class is supported by the Eleanor Shea Music Trust.

Address

UVA Department of Music
112 Old Cabell Hall
P.O. Box 400176 Charlottesville, VA 22904-4176

Email: music@virginia.edu