English text by Erin Wang
Photography by Yishen Huang and Michael Yu
On November 8, 2019, the New Asia Chamber Music Society (NACMS) hosted its fourth annual gala “Triumphant” at the Harvard Club of New York City. It was a wonderful evening filled with inspiring music, passionate people, and great energy. The event drew many VIP attendees, including Ambassador Lily L.W. Hsu of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York; Ming Chiang, CEO of Casual Home; Patsy Fang Chen, Creative Director of the Youth Orchestra and Board Member of the Queens Symphony Orchestra; Violinist Cho-Liang Lin; and more.
Sponsored by Ming Chiang, who is the CEO of Casual Home, and also Dan Neal, composer Jeeyoung Kim was commissioned to write a piece, “CANVAS,” for NACMS. (From left to right) Nan-Cheng Chen, CK Kuo (on behalf of Kim Wang-Neal and Dan Neal), Ming Chiang, Jeeyoung Kim, and Andy Lin.
Violinist Cho-Liang Lin.
Amerasia Bank New York sponsored NACMS to publish their second album. (From left to right) NACMS’s Artistic Director Wei-Yang Andy Lin, Amerasia Bank New York’s CEO James Huang, Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu with NACMS，Jessica Cheng with Amerasia Bank New York，and NACMS’s Executive Director Nan-Cheng Chen.
Together with six music students supervised by NACMS, nine NACMS musicians performed classical music and famous pieces by Mozart, Alexander Borodin, and Jean-Baptiste Barrière as well as the D Major String Trio, which is a piece from their upcoming album Imagery in Music, which will be released soon. The D Major String Trio was composed by Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev in 1907.
The year 2020 is the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven. NACMS will be featuring his chamber music works in all their concerts and events, in order to honor Beethoven’s contribution to classical music.
(From left to right) Board and staff members of NACMS Nan-Cheng Chen, Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, Dan Yao, Flavia Lin, Peggy Chiang, Isabelle Chiang, Carol Lin, Cindy Lin, and Andy Lin.
