Tesla on the Radio

We're honoring our namesake this month by performing on one of his inventions... yep, you can hear the Tesla Quartet on the radio on Sunday, November 27 or Monday, November 28, between 7:30 and 9 pm.  You can either listen to Charlie Sampson's show directly on Colorado Public Radio, or those of you who are out of range can listen on their website, cpr.org.  The link is http://www.cpr.org/#load_category_page|Classical_Music.  If that link doesn't work directly, then go to www.cpr.org and click on classical music.  Then click "Listen to classical music" at the top of the page.  On the show, you'll hear both our interview with Mr. Sampson and our renditions of the first movement of Debussy's Quartet and third movement of Carter Pann's "Love Letters."  We hope you can join us!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

We are grateful for you, all our wonderful supporters and fans.  It is difficult to express how blessed we feel to be doing what we are doing, and we know that it is only possible because of you.  This year has been a big year of changes for the Tesla Quartet, and we are pleased with the results.  First and foremost, the fabulous Michelle Lie joined us, and we are thrilled to have her.  We've been hearing great feedback from all of you, and we hope that you will continue to enjoy our music for a long time to come.  Thank you so much for all your support.

The Teslas

EUROPE ON THE HORIZON

Hello everyone!  We have some really great news to share with you.  Tesla is one of twelve quartets worldwide to be accepted into the London International String Quartet Competition at Wigmore Hall.  We've also been chosen to compete at the Schubert and Modern Music Competition in Graz, Austria.  We're very excited for these two events, and we're really grateful to all of you who have been so supportive in our process getting there.  In preparation for these competitions, we will be playing several concerts in and around Boulder, and we'd love to see you there.  We would also like to take this opportunity to ask for your continuing support, which enables us to continue bringing you new music.  In addition to our regular free concerts, we hope you will consider coming to some special fundraising events that we will be holding so that we will be able to keep up this wonderful forward progress.  More information will follow about these special concerts.  Thank you so much for your generosity and support!

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!!!

Well, we have some good news and some bad news.  The bad news is that our colleague, Xian Meng, is leaving us to pursue other interests.  We will miss him terribly, but we wish him all the best.  The good news is that Michelle Lie will be joining us as the Tesla Quartet's new second violinist in May, 2011.  Michelle is a wonderful musician, and we're excited to continue to bring music to all of you in the coming years.  The other good news is that Michelle will be moving here to Boulder, as we have been asked to stay for a third year to continue our studies with the Takacs Quartet.  Lots of exciting things happening!  And to introduce you to Michelle...

Born in Munich, Germany in 1982 and raised in South Korea since the age of 6, Yeun Hae Michelle Lie did not start playing the violin until the age of 14. While some may consider this a late start for a violinist, Ms. Lie has combined dedication and talent to achieve many successes in her musical career. After graduating from the prestigious Seoul Arts High School in 2000 Ms. Lie studied at Dankook University in Seoul, Korea with DaeShick Kang. While she was getting her Bachelor’s degree Ms. Lie was awarded First prize in the 250^th anniversary of J.S. Bach Competition and was the winner of Dankook University’s 2004 Concerto Competition. Ms. Lie has performed as a soloist with various orchestras in Korea. After she graduated with academic and performance honors in 2004 with a Bachelor’s Degree of Music, Ms. Lie went on to earn her Master’s degree at The New England Conservatory, studying with Eric Rosenblith. During this time, Ms. Lie gave solo recitals in Seoul as well as in Boston at the New England Conservatory. Ms. Lie made various appearances in the solo and chamber settings at the 2005 and 2006 IMAI (International Music and Art Institute) summer festival in Fryeburg, Maine. From 2004 to 2006, Ms. Lie has performed as a member of the Boston Philharmonic, led by Benjamin Zander, as well as the Bangor Symphony.

She continued her studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music where she finished a Professional Studies program with William Preucil. During her time in Cleveland, Ms. Lie was also a member of the Iannis String Quartet, which was awarded the ‘Special Recognition award’ from the 2007 Plowman Competition in Missouri. As first violinist of the Iannis Quartet, Ms. Lie participated in The Norfolk Chamber Music Festival studying with the Tokyo String Quartet and the Vermeer String Quartet in 2007. In the same year, the Iannis Quartet was honored by invitation to the Mimir Chamber Music Festival studying with members of the Chicago Symphony. Ms. Lie was invited to the 2008 Perlman Music Program where she worked with Itzhak Perlman, Don Weilerstein, Merry Peckham, Paul Katz, and Roger Tapping. As an orchestra player she has worked with the Cleveland Orchestra as a substitute member with whom she recently performed in Carnegie Hall in New York City. As a local musician, Ms. Lie joined the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic and the Richmond Symphony Orchestra while working as a concertmaster with Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra. She is currently attending Indiana University’s Jacob School of Music, studying with Mark Kaplan and pursuing a Doctoral degree in Music while teaching as an Associate Instructor.    

The Techie Teslas

This is a bit of old news, but I just came across this little blurb about our little collaboration with the Boulder Laptop Orchestra (BLOrk) last fall.

Click here to read the article.