Bella Salla with Anna Doak & Hwaen Ch'uqui & Friends
When:
Saturday, Feb 15 2025, 7:00pm - 9:00pm PST. copy to my calendar, iCal export
Where:
Stage 7 Pianos 12037 124th Ave NE, Kirkland, WA 98034, United States (map)

An Inca Indian and a native of Perú, pianist and composer Hwaen Ch'uqi is a world-renowned soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. He has performed throughout the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Russia, Taiwan, Japan, and Perú at such venues as Seiji Ozawa Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory, and Philharmonic Hall in St. Petersburg, Russia. He is a proud product of the Eastman School of Music, and he continues to call Rochester, NY home.
Mr. Ch’qui will be joined by preeminent Northwest musicians Brandon Vance (violin) Pamela Liu (viola) Erika Pierson (cello) and Anna Doak (double bass). This exciting program will feature two world premier works by Hwaen. Ch’uqi, Quintet No.1 for piano and strings and Deux Morceaux for cello and piano. Also on the program, Schubert’s much loved 'Trout' Quintet, Csardas by Vitorio Monti and Shetland Fantasia, a lively celtic quintet by Brandon Vance.
It is Mr. Ch'uqi's fervent prayer that such music as he is privileged to render might serve as a catalyst for wondrous change in the lives of all who hear it.

Anna Doak (double bass) is a member of the Northwest Sinfonietta and serves as principal bassist/teaching artist with the Seattle Collaborative Orchestra. She has also performed with the Seattle Symphony, Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra, Northwest Chamber Orchestra, the National Academy Orchestra of Canada and on numerous recording projects. A founding member of the chamber ensemble Different Drummer, Anna was awarded a Jack Straw artist support grant in 2015 and again in 2020. She taught at Western Washington University for 5 years, and after starting a family decided to focus on building her home teaching in Seattle where she now teaches students ranging in age from 4 to 80. In 2009 she became the Northwest region's first Suzuki Bass Teacher, and in 2020 the Suzuki Association of the Americas awarded Anna the position of Suzuki Bass Teacher Trainer.

Pamela Liu, violinist, has been in demand as a performer and pedagogue since returning to the Northwest twelve years ago. She received her Bachelors in Violin Performance at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University and was a member of the Evergreen Symphony Orchestra in Taipei, Taiwan, before attending the University of Washington where she received a master’s degree in Violin Performance.
A devoted mentor to young musicians, Ms. Liu coaches and teaches with Edmonds College, The Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestras, the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras, and Musicworks Northwest. As an active performer, Ms. Liu appears regularly on the Music at the Museum series with the Cascadia Art Museum, as a section member of the Yakima Symphony, and in the violin-guitar duo, Tutti Dolce, with husband Chris Liu.


Program:
Brahms' Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 26
Piano Quintet No. 2 in C major, CWV 60

Refreshments available