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Sam Ou Biography Praised for his "impassioned performance" (Boston Globe) and playing "with remarkable ease and clarity, while maintaining a graceful if vociferous line that fit well into the narrative" (The Boston Musical Intelligencer), cellist Sam Ou enjoys an active musical life in the Greater Boston area. A recipient of the Rosemary Scales Prize for best cello concerto performance at the Kingsville International Young Performers Competition, Ou has performed at several prestigious summer venues including Tanglewood, Sarasota, Musicorda, Santa Fe, and La Jolla music festivals. In 2012, he gave the world premiere performance of Larry Bell s Cello Concerto entitled The Triumph of Lightness with the Boston Civic Symphony at New England Conservatory s Jordan Hall (NEC). An avid chamber musician, Ou has collaborated and performed with the Borromeo String Quartet, James Buswell, Hung-Kuan Chen, Pi-Hsien Chen, James Dunham, Thomas Hill, Patricia McCarty, Paul Neubauer, Heiichiro Ohyama, Lois Shapiro, and Marcus Thompson. He performed Yehudi Wyner's Tanz and Maissele with violinist Lucy Chapman, clarinetist Bruce Creditor, and the Pulitzer prize-winning composer at the piano at The Center for Jewish History in New York. A faculty member and assistant string chairperson at NEC s Preparatory School, Ou also teaches at Powers Music School, maintains a private teaching studio, and in the summer, he teaches in Belmont, MA at Music on the Hill, a chamber music program for young musicians. During this past summer, he additionally taught at the Walnut Hill Music Festival in Natick, MA, Youth & Muse Music Festival at the Boston Conservatory, and Point Counterpoint in Leicester, VT. In 2012, Ou released his first CD, With String & Pipe, in which he collaborated with organist Harry Lyn Huff. He was also featured in Larry Bell s CDs entitled In a Garden of Dreamers, where he collaborated with recorder player Aldo Abreu and harpsichordist Paul Cienniwa. Artist Website: http://samweiou.weebly.com/
Sam Ou Excerpted Press Cellist Sam Ou highlighted the score s lyricism through his expressive playing, and anchored the incisive string textures in von Flotow s recitatives. July 31, 2015 review from The Boston Musical Intelligencer of a July 29, 2015 performance of Friedrich von Flotow s opera, Martha In Franz Liszt s Romance oubliée (Forgotten Song), an instrumental reworking of a song from 36 years earlier, cellist Sam Ou and Dudochkin played with expressivity and passion; the cello and the piano smoothly exchanged the solo and accompanimental roles several times. The work ended tenderly, high up in the range of both instruments. January 28, 2015 review from The Boston Musical Intelligencer of a January 25, 2015 concert with Tatyana Dudochkin: A Remembrance of Things Dudochkin Cellist Sam Ou was also featured prominently throughout the piece and received special recognition during the bows for good reason: Ou s take on Rutter s score imbued the work with an uncanny sense of gravitas, particularly in second movement, which opens with a particularly demanding cello solo. Ou negotiated that passage and others punctuated throughout the work with remarkable ease and clarity, while maintaining a graceful if vociferous line that fit well into the narrative. March 17, 2014 review from The Boston Musical Intelligencer of a March 15, 2014 Rutter Requiem performance with Spectrum Singers Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) Domine adjutor meus (O Lord, my strength) featured mezzo-soprano, cello, and organ in a delicious song. Emily Marvosh s vocal vibrato was measured, rich, and varied for color and dramatic effect; cellist Sam Ou matched hers in color while finding his own shadings in more soloistic passages, supported by Barbara Bruns on the organ. The three worked together with the elegant balance of a lustrous trio sonata. November 4, 2013 review from The Boston Musical Intelligencer of a November 2, 2013 concert with Boston Cecilia
Sam Ou Excerpted Press the Première Élégie, for the sensuous combination of cello (Sam Ou), harp (Rebecca Bogers), piano (Dudochkin), and organ (Constantine Finehouse), sounded like the missing link between Wagner s Tristan and Fauré s Requiem ; the Romance Oubliée, with Ou and Dudochkin in another impassioned performance, similarly triangulated between, say, Chopin and Puccini. February 1, 2011 review from The Boston Globe of a January 30, 2011 concert entitled Salute to Liszt!
Sam Ou Repertoire Bach Cello Suites Nos. 1-6 Gamba Sonatas Nos. 1-3 Offne dich for soprano, cello, and organ Barber Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 22 Cello Sonata, Op. 6 Beethoven Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-5 Piano Trio in B-Flat Major, Op. 97, Archduke Piano Trio in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1, Ghost Septet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20 String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 74, Harp String Quintet in C Major, Op. 29 String Trio in G Major Op. 9, No. 1 String Trio in C Minor, Op. 9, No. 3 Bell, Larry Baroque Concerto for alto recorder, harpsichord, cello, and strings (2010) world premiere The Black Cat for cello, piano, and narrator (1987) Cello Concerto, The Triumph of Lightness for cello and orchestra (2011) world premiere Cello Suite, Op. 110 for cello and harpsichord (2010) world premiere Serenade No. 2 for recorder, cello, and harpsichord (2009) world premiere Bernstein Dream with Me for soprano, cello, and piano Boccherini Sonata No. 6 in A Major, G.4 Bolcom, William Cello Sonata Borodin String Quartet No. 2 in D Major
Sam Ou Repertoire Brahms Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114 Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8 Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 101 String Sextet No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18 Britten Phantasy Quartet, Op. 2 Solo Suite No. 1, Op. 72 Cassado, Gaspar Requiebros Solo Cello Suite Chen, Yi "Qi" (1996-97) for flute, cello piano, and percussion Chopin Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65 Piano Trio, Op. 8 Introduction and Polonaise Brillante in C Major, Op. 3 Crumb Solo Cello Sonata Debussy Cello Sonata Piano Trio Reverie for cello and harp String Quartet, Op. 10 Dohnányi Serenade for String Trio, Op. 10 Sextet in C Major, Op. 37 Duruflé Requiem, Op. 9 (cello solo) Dvorak Piano Trio No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 90, Dumky Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104
Sam Ou Repertoire Fauré Andante for Cello & Organ Cello Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 109 Golijov Mariel for marimba and cello (1999) Grieg Cello Sonata Gustafson, Erik Into the Light for cello and organ (2011) This Is the Truth Sent from Above for soprano and cello Hampton, Calvin Procession through a Black Hole for cello and organ Prelude for Easter Day for cello and organ Handel-Halvorsen Passacaglia for violin and cello Harbison November 19, 1828 (1988) for piano and string trio Solo Cello Suite Haydn Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 11 Hindemith Cello Concerto (1940) Solo Cello Sonata in D Minor, Op. 25, No. 3 Jakoulov, Jakov & Igor Tkachenko Hoop Suite for string octet (2012) Janáček Pohadka/A Tale Kabalevsky Cello Concerto No. 1 in G Minor Kodály Solo Cello Sonata, Op. 8
Sam Ou Repertoire Lalo Cello Concerto in D Minor Ligeti Solo Cello Sonata Liszt Première Élégie for cello, piano, harp, and organ Romance oubliée for cello and piano Massenet Élégie for soprano or bass, cello, and piano Méditation (Thaïs) McAllister, Margaret Four Songs of Rumi for countertenor and cello (2012) world premiere McKinley, William Thomas A Diary, Growing up in North Andover 1874-1892 for flute, violin, cello, piano, percussion, and male narrator Mendelssohn Octet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20 (both cello parts) Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2 String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 12 String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 13 Mozart Divertimento in E-Flat for String Trio, K 563 Offenbach Grand Duo for 2 cellos in E Major, op. 54 no. 2 Penderecki Sextet (2000) Piazzolla Le Grand Tango Poulenc Cello Sonata Previn Vocalise for soprano, cello, and piano Rachmaninoff Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19 Vocalise
Sam Ou Repertoire Rands, Bernard String Quartet No. 2 Walcott Songs for soprano and cello Ravel Piano Trio Rossini Duetto for cello and double bass Rutter Requiem (cello solo) Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33 Cello Sonata No. 2, Op. 123 Domine adjutor meus for mezzo-soprano, cello, and organ Prière, Op. 158 for cello and organ The Swan Schoenberg Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21 String Trio, Op. 45 Verklarte Nacht, Op. 4 Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in A Minor, D. 821 Octet in F Major, D. 803 Schumann, Clara Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 7 Schumann Adagio & Allegro in A-Flat Major, Op. 70 Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129 Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 47 Piano Trio No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 110 Sessions, Roger Six Pieces for Violoncello Shapey, Ralph Evocation IV (1994) for violin, cello, piano, and percussion
Sam Ou Repertoire Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 Cello Sonata Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67 Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57 Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50 Souvenir de Florence Verdi String Quartet Wyner, Yehudi Tanz and Maissele (1981) for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
Bach: Gamba Sonata No. 1 in G Major https://youtu.be/28unsfzr3_4 Britten: Solo Suite No. 1: Canto Primo https://youtu.be/01b1gw6ib2a Sam Ou YouTube Links Britten: Solo Suite No. 1: Moto perpetuo e Canto quarto https://youtu.be/ovzh66zdl8q Schumann: Adagio & Allegro https://youtu.be/8c90tmeulc4 Larry Bell: Cello Concerto: 1. Fanfare https://youtu.be/csao1sjhbuc Larry Bell: Cello Concerto: 4. Finale https://youtu.be/qw1wnnnocem Bach: Gamba Sonata No. 2 in D Major: 1st & 2nd movements https://youtu.be/b6rbiptynzs Larry Bell: The Black Cat https://youtu.be/u7js-vgovey Massenet: Elegie https://youtu.be/t64c_0rrjw0 Debussy: Reverie https://youtu.be/1ukkp0po6bw Liszt: Romance Oubliee https://youtu.be/ndj5pivczog Songs for Soprano, Cello, & Piano/Organ https://youtu.be/tzwjpuzkr0a
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