Beethoven - Große Fuge

*Program change

Mozart - Violin concerto in A major

Ewald Cheung - violin

Li - Solarpunk - New Commission

Mozart - Divertimento KV 251

Soloist

Ewald Cheung is an emerging violinist and has performed as soloist with orchestras around Canada, including the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec. He has also performed in recital series in Trois-Rivieres, CAMMAC, Edmonton and Muzewest with pianists Philip Chiu, Henry Mokken, and Michael Massey. In 2015, Ewald and pianist Philip Chiu were featured in a 34-concert tour with Jeunesses Musicales Canada and also recorded their album, “A Tribute to Fritz Kreisler.”

Ewald is the recipient of the 2010 Golden Violin Award from McGill University, where he also received his Bachelor of Music and Artist Diploma. He recently obtained his Masters’ degree from The Juilliard School. His teachers include Daniel Phillips, Felicia Moye, André Roy, Jonathan Crow and James Keene.

Other awards include First Prize in the Shean Strings Competition in 2009, First Prize in the Trois-Riviéres Competition in 2010 and Second Prize in the Standard Life OSM Competition in 2007. Ewald is extremely grateful of the support from the Anne Burrows Music Foundation, the Winspear Fund and the Victoria Foundation throughout his studies.

As an avid chamber musician, Ewald was a founding member of the Roddick String Quartet and Geistrio.

With the Roddick String Quartet, he competed at the London International String Quartet Competition and performed at the Montreal Chamber Music Festival. He also competed at the Fischoff National Chamber Competition and performed at the Canadian Opera Company’s Free Concert Series with Geistrio. In 2015, he performed in Arte Musica’s Jeunes et Pros series, with Axel Strauss, Douglas McNabney, Peter Wiley and Matt Haimovitz. He also attended the McGill International String Quartet Academy, studying with members of the Alban Berg, Cleveland and Guarneri String Quartets.