Musical Chairs - an afternoon of chamber music delight!

We're delighted to present a program filled with magical melodies and joyful spirit, featuring members of FUTZMUSIK - a Bay Area based collective of accomplished multi-hyphenate musicians who simply love playing together!

Shuo is a creative professional with pursuits spanning both music and architecture. He graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in music, focusing on collaborative piano and vocal performance.

As a pianist, Shuo is a frequent collaborator with string players and vocalists; engagements have included recitals with members of the LA Phil, productions with the Little Opera Theater of NY, and masterclasses with soloists such as Gil Shaham.

Shuo is also an avid choral singer, having been a decade-long member of the Grammy-winning Los Angeles Master Chorale. He has performed under the baton of conductors such as Gustavo Dudamel, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Zubin Mehta. He can be heard on the soundtrack of the last two Star Wars movies; he also sang at the Oscars last year!

As an architect, Shuo graduated with a Master of Architecture from Yale, and worked for nearly a decade in Frank Gehry’s studio in LA. Shuo recently founded his NYC-based residential architecture practice, Zhai Design.

The program is as follows:
Schumann: Adagio & Allegro
Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite (arr. 4 hands)
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major
Rachmaninoff: Romance

For more about Shuo check out his groupmuse page at
https://www.groupmuse.com/@shuozhai
and, to see and hear him in person click on Reserve a spot.

What's the music?

Shuo Zhai

Taide Ding Piano

Summer Hu Cello