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"Plays classical violin with the charisma of a rockstar"

- THE BOSTON GLOBE

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2023
GRAMMY AWARD 
WINNER

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BIOGRAPHY

GRAMMY Award-winning artist and recipient of the 2018 Leonard Bernstein Award, Charles Yang has been described by The Boston Globe as one who "plays classical violin with the charisma of a rock star.” The Juilliard graduate began his violin studies with his mother, Sha Zhu, in Austin, Texas, and has since studied with world-renowned pedagogues Kurt Sassmanshaus, Paul Kantor, Brian Lewis and Glenn Dicterow. He has performed as soloist with orchestras and in concert throughout the United States, Europe, Brazil, Russia, China and Taiwan.  On June 9th of 2005, the Mayor of Austin presented Mr. Yang with his own "Charles Yang Day.” In 2016 Mr. Yang joined the multi-genre string-band Time for Three as violinist and lead singer.

Not only confined to classical styles, Mr. Yang's improvisational crossover abilities as a violinist, electric violinist, and vocalist have led him to featured performances at festivals including The Aspen Music Festival, The Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, The Ravinia Festival, Caramoor, Interlochen, The YouTube Music Awards, TED, and Google Zeitgeist. He has performed at some of the world’s most celebrated venues such as Carnegie Hall, Musikverein, Lincoln Center, Konzerthaus Berlin, Rudolfinum, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Royal Danish Theatre, Joe’s Pub, ACL Live, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and The Forbidden City in Beijing, among many others. He has performed in the presence of two former US Presidents, the Queen of Denmark, and has shared the stage in collaborations with artists including Peter Dugan, Michael Thurber and CDZA, Steve Miller, Jesse Colin Young, Joshua Bell, Jake Shimabukuro, Ray Benson, Savion Glover, Twyla Tharp, Misty Copeland and Jon Batiste.

An adventurous composer, arranger, songwriter and collaborator, Mr. Yang’s works have been featured in projects for Glamour and Pentagram. In 2021 he co-wrote the original score to Robin Wright’s 2021 feature film, Land.  Time for Three’s album, “Letters for the Future” with Xian Zhang and The Philadelphia Orchestra featuring concertos written by Kevin Puts and Jennifer Higdon, won the 2023 GRAMMY award for “Best Classical Instrumental Solo.”

Mr. Yang’s career has been followed by various news media including The New York Times, The New York Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Chicago Tribune, The Financial Times, The Austin Chronicle and The Strad. He is also featured in Nick Romeo's book, Driven as well as Discovery Channel's Curiosity.

Of note, The Texas Observer stated, “Mr. Yang is a true crossover artist, a pioneer who can hop between classical and popular music and bring fresh ideas to fans of both genres. Rather than maintaining an insular focus and simply assuming that an audience for classical music will always exist, he wants to actively create that audience, to persuade and seduce others into enjoying a type of music as passionately as he does.”

Charles Yang performs on the 1854 “ex-Soil” J.B. Vuillaume.

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"...as adept at improvising blues on his fiddle as carving out note-perfect classical."

THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE

CONCERTS

2/9

THE CULLEN THEATER

TIME FOR THREE

 

Friday February 9 2024 7:30 PM

Cullen Theater at the Wortham Center

559-575 Prairie St,

Houston, TX 77002

2/15

BALTIMORE SYMPHONY

TIME FOR THREE

Kevin Puts' "Contact" with Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony

Thursday February 15 2024 7:30 PM

Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

1212 Cathedral St,

Baltimore, MD 21201

2/16

BALTIMORE SYMPHONY

TIME FOR THREE

Kevin Puts' "Contact" with Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony

Friday February 16 2024 8:00 PM

The Clarice

8270 Alumni Dr,

College Park, MD 20742

2/17

BALTIMORE SYMPHONY

TIME FOR THREE

Kevin Puts' "Contact" with Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony

Saturday February 17 2024 8:00 PM

The Music Center at Strathmore

5301 Tuckerman Ln,

North Bethesda, MD 20852

2/18

BALTIMORE SYMPHONY

TIME FOR THREE

Kevin Puts' "Contact" with Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony

Sunday February 18 2024 3:00 PM

Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

1212 Cathedral St,

Baltimore, MD 21201

2/22

LSU SYMPHONY

TIME FOR THREE

Kevin Puts' "Contact" with the LSU Symphony

Thursday February 22 2024 7:30 PM

Union Theater

Tower Dr,

Baton Rouge, LA 70803

2/24

CELEBRITY SERIES OF BOSTON

TIME FOR THREE

Saturday January 24 2024 8:00 PM

Sanders Theater

45 Quincy St,

Cambridge, MA 02138

2/28

THE PERFORMING ARTS AT PENN STATE

TIME FOR THREE

Wednesday February 28 2028 7:30 PM

Eisenhower Auditorium
University Park,
PA 16802

3/1

LONGWOOD GARDENS

TIME FOR THREE

Friday March 1 2024 7:30 PM

Exhibition Hall, Longwood Gardens

Unnamed Road,

Kennett Square, PA 19348

3/7

KAUFMAN MUSIC CENTER

TIME FOR THREE

With Musicians from Montclair University 

Thursday March 7 2024 7:30 PM

Merkin Hall

129 W 67th St,

New York, NY 10023

3/9

PRINCETON SYMPHONY

TIME FOR THREE

Kevin Puts' "Contact" with Rossen Milanov and the Princeton Symphony

Saturday March 9 2024 8:00 PM

Richardson Auditorium

68 Nassau Street

Princeton, NJ 08544

3/10

PRINCETON SYMPHONY

TIME FOR THREE

Kevin Puts' "Contact" with Rossen Milanov and the Princeton Symphony

Sunday March 10 2024 4:00 PM

Richardson Auditorium

68 Nassau Street

Princeton, NJ 08544

3/12

FRIENDS OF CHAMBER MUSIC

TIME FOR THREE

Tuesday March 12 2024 7:30 PM

Patricia Reser Center for the Arts

12625 SW Crescent St,

Beaverton, OR 97005

3/14

FEDERAL WAY PERFORMING ARTS

TIME FOR THREE

Thursday March 14 2024 7:30 PM

Federal Way PAEC

31510 Pete von Reichbauer Way S,

Federal Way, WA 98003

3/15

EDMONDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS

TIME FOR THREE

Friday March 15 2024 7:30 PM

Edmonds Center for the Arts

410 4th Ave N,

Edmonds, WA 98020

3/17

WACHHOLZ COLLEGE CENTER

TIME FOR THREE

Sunday March 17 2024 7:00 PM

Wachholz College Center

795 Grandview Dr,

Kalispell, MT 59901

3/21

WACO SYMPHONY

TIME FOR THREE

Kevin Puts' "Contact" with Miguel Harth-Bedoya and the Waco Symphony

Thursday March 21 2024 7:30 PM

Waco Hall

624 Speight Ave,

Waco, TX 76706

3/24

GRUNIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS

TIME FOR THREE

Sunday March 24 2024 2:00 PM

Grunin Center for the Arts

1 College Dr,

Toms River, NJ 08754

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"...crystalline yet muscular playing."

THE FINANCIAL TIMES

"...excellent soloist"

THE NEW YORK TIMES

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