Events

January 2006 to June 2006

2006-2007 Season:


Afiara String Quartet at Menlo Park
Sunday, September 10, 2006; 4 pm
Valerie Li, violin
Yuri Cho, violin
David Samuel, viola
Adrian Fung, cello

 Beethoven Op. 18, No. 6
Ives String Quartet No. 2, "Arguments"
Abigana Une Grande Messe, "Credo"
Ravel String Quartet, 2nd Movement
Beethoven Op. 132, Alla marcia and Allegro appasionato

Menlo Circus Club, Menlo Park, California. Email for more information.


Afiara String Quartet
Inaugurates Osher Salon at SFCM
Tuesday, October 10, 2006; 8 pm
Valerie Li, violin
Yuri Cho, violin
David Samuel, viola
Adrian Fung, cello

 Schubert Quartet No. 14, "Death and the Maiden"

Osher Salon, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, California. Email for more information.


Afiara String Quartet
Friday, October 27, 2006; 8:00 pm
Valerie Li, violin
Yuri Cho, violin
David Samuel, viola
Adrian Fung, cello

 Haydn String Quartet, Op. 77, No. 1
Bartok String Quartet No. 2
Beethoven String Quartet No. 15, Opus 132

Recital Hall, San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Email for more information. Free admission.


Afiara String Quartet
Sunday, November 5, 2006; 8:00 pm
Valerie Li, violin
Yuri Cho, violin
David Samuel, viola
Adrian Fung, cello

 Haydn String Quartet Op. 77, No.1
Beethoven String Quartet Op. 18, No. 6

Jewish Community Center, San Francisco. Email for more information.


Afiara String Quartet
presented by San Francisco Performances
Thursday, November 30, 2006; 6:30 pm
Valerie Li, violin
Yuri Cho, violin
David Samuel, viola
Adrian Fung, cello

 Ives String Quartet No. 2
Beethoven String Quartet No. 15, Opus 132

Salons at the Rex Concert Series. Hotel Rex, San Francisco, California. Email for more information. $18, general admission.


Afiara String Quartet
Chamber Music Masters Series
Thursday, November 30, 2006; 8:00 pm
Valerie Li, violin
Yuri Cho, violin
David Samuel, viola
Adrian Fung, cello

 Webern Five Pieces

Caroline Hume Concert Hall, San Francisco Conservatory of Music. San Francisco, California. Email for more information. $12, general admission.


Afiara String Quartet
Sunday, December 10, 2006; 7:00 pm
Valerie Li, violin
Yuri Cho, violin
David Samuel, viola
Adrian Fung, cello

 Urban contemporary collaboration with singer
Justis Kao, benefitting Berklee City Music.

Carpenter Performing Arts Center, Long Beach, California. Email for more information. Tickets: $17-45.


Cello Sonata Recital
Wednesday, December 13, 2006; 8:00 pm
Adrian Fung, cello
Jie Eun Lee, piano
Stella Byung-Sook Kim, piano

 Beethoven Sonata for Piano and Cello, Op. 5, No. 1
Brahms Cello Sonata in e minor, Op. 38

Recital Hall, San Francisco Conservatory of Music. San Francisco, California. Email for more information. Free admission.


Afiara String Quartet
curated by the Kronos Quartet
Saturday, January 13, 2007; 8:00 pm
Valerie Li, violin
Yuri Cho, violin
David Samuel, viola
Adrian Fung, cello

 Aleksandra Vrebalov "Pannonia Boundless"
John Zorn "Cat O' Nine Tails"
Peteris Vasks String Quartet No. 4

St. Luke's Lutheran Church. New York, New York. Chamber Music America 29th National Conference. Email for ticket information.


Afiara String Quartet
Monday, February 5, 2007; 1:00 pm
Valerie Li, violin
Yuri Cho, violin
David Samuel, viola
Adrian Fung, cello

 Webern Six Bagatelles
Mozart String Quartet, K 465 "Dissonance"

Knuth Hall, San Francisco State University. Free admission. Email for more information.


Afiara String Quartet
Thursday, February 15, 2007; 7:30 pm
Valerie Li, violin
Yuri Cho, violin
David Samuel, viola
Adrian Fung, cello

 Mendelssohn String Quartet, Op. 44, No. 1
Beethoven String Quartet, Op. 59, No. 2

Knuth Hall, San Francisco State University. Free admission. Email for more information.


Afiara String Quartet
Thursday, March 1st, 2007; 8:00 pm
Valerie Li, violin
Yuri Cho, violin
David Samuel, viola
Adrian Fung, cello

 Mendelssohn String Quartet, Op. 44, No. 1

Caroline Hume Concert hall, San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Chamber Music Masters Series. Tickets: $15. Email for more information.


Recital for Cello and Piano
Thursday, March 11, 2007; 8:00 pm
Adrian Fung, cello
Shu Li, piano
Keisuke Nakagoshi, piano

 Beethoven Sonata for Piano and Cello, Op. 5, No. 1
Prokofiev Sonata for Cello and Piano Op. 119
Brahms Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 38

Caroline Hume Concert hall, San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Free admission. Email for more information.


Afiara String Quartet
at Chamber Music of the Rockies
Wednesday, June 13, 2007; 7:00 pm
Valerie Li, violin
Yuri Cho, violin
David Samuel, viola
Adrian Fung, cello

 Program to be annouced.

Chamber Music of the Rockies, Beaver Creek, Colorado. Teaching residency from June 11th to 24th. Email for more information.


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Other events outside Afiara performances follow.



Cello and Piano Recital
Saturday, July 21, 2007; 7:00 pm
Adrian Fung, cello
Clement Ng, piano

 Schumann Five PIeces in Folk Style, Op. 102
Debussy Cello Sonata
Prokofiev Cello Sonata

Hamilton Chinese Alliance Church, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Donations appreciated for funding Missions Department.