The year of 2020 has been very tough for everyone. I’d like to wish you a happy new year with this song by Bon Jovi – New Year’s Day. New Year’s Day A personal note This is meant to push myself to step out of my comfort zone. Although I studied violin and piano when …
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Native Instruments recently introduced their new plugin – Stradivari Violin. I was so eager to give it a try. So I came up with this idea to compose a capriccio for solo violin based on Star Wars theme songs related to Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader. It might be a little bit boring if I just made …
I recently had an opportunity to collaborate with Taiwanese cellist Li-Han Eliza Tseng on her project: Star Trek Picard Cello and Violin Cover. We got to know each other through a Taiwanese artists group on Facebook. She brought up this idea last month and we started to work on it for the past several weeks. …
Violinist Ray Chen and LA Philharmonic are hosting a competition called Play with Ray. Here is part of my submission. If you’re interested, act fast! The deadline is May 1st, 2019 at 11:59PM PDT. Good luck!
My curling teammate, Henry, visited us last week. We had some fun playing music. My sight reading is not good anymore. Also, I got my first GoPro and was eager to try it out!
With some recently acquired equipment, I finally had some time to do violin photography. Although I had attempted that before, I’ve never come to this close to what I really like. The curvature and reflective surface of violin make it among the most challenging objects to photograph. You need good lighting to show the texture …
I haven’t touched my violin since the concert early this month, which I think is a privilege of not being a professional violinist. After watching some of the performances at the Queen Elizabeth Violin Competition, however, I was inspired again and began to think about what pieces I would like to work on next. Now …
在台灣的時候，我大都是用 Dominant 的弦為主，因為它在台灣賣的價錢很便宜，也有很多音樂家在用。來到美國之後，雖然相較之下 Dominant 還是算便宜的弦，但價格上比台灣貴蠻多的。第一次拿琴去給這裡的師傅調整琴的時候，他建議我可以試試看 Evah Pirazzi 的弦，比較貴沒錯，但是應該會對琴的音色有幫助。
Just learned about these two amazing musicians yesterday. They have known each other since the age of 12. Their incredible sense of humor really touches me. I admire their talent for making fun with music while being serious classical music musicians. Below are a few videos of their performance I like the most. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xui7x_KF7bY&w=640&h=480] …