李捷琦 l 小提琴

李捷琦特殊的音樂性和大師級的表演風采，使他成為當今最精采獨特的中提琴家之一。誠如紐約時報的描述，他的演出是“沒有瑕疵的演奏技巧，配合有自信的音樂才華及可圈可點的演奏天份”，弦樂雜誌也稱道“是他這一代的超級巨星”。

在1996年，他嬴得Concert Artists Guild 的比賽，成為該項比賽50年來，第一位年紀最輕的得獎者, 也在Lionel Tertis國際中提琴大賽、William Primrose中提琴比賽和德州的Corpus Christi 年輕藝術家比賽都得到極高獎項而獲得國際樂壇的極高重視。李捷琦2009~2010音樂季的演出包含了與丹佛交響樂團的合作﹐本季音樂會的足跡也遍及歐洲和美國﹐包括華盛頓的甘迺迪中心和洛杉磯的Disney音樂廳。 今年8月﹐NPR電臺的Performance Today節目, 對李捷琦做了專訪﹐也播放了他在Santa Fe音樂節的演出。李捷琦在2008~2009年的音樂季中﹐擔任St. Paul Chamber Orchestra 和 San Diego Symphony 的客席首席。

李捷琦以獨奏家身分和許多樂團合作演出，包括堪薩斯市交響樂團，以及洛杉磯室內樂團。其他合作過的樂團還有Charlotte 交響樂團﹐Longmont 愛樂和國際Sejong獨奏家樂團。他曾在紐約卡內基音樂廳的威爾演奏廳及Merkin廳，還有華盛頓的甘迺迪中心舉行獨奏會。李捷琦以獨奏家身分在國際亨德密斯(Hindemith)中提琴音樂節和第22、24屆國際中提琴協會(International Viola Congress)中演出。

李捷琦最近所參與的音樂會遍及美國，包括西北室內樂、OK莫札特音樂節、Newport音樂節、La Jolla 夏季音樂節、Ravinia音樂節、El Paso音樂節、Santa Fe音樂節、 紐約市的Bargemusic、林肯中心的室內音樂協會、紐約的卡內基音樂廳、華盛頓甘乃迪中心、 Merkin音樂廳、Alice Tully廳、大都會博物館、Marlboro音樂節、波士頓的Gardner 博物館以及台灣國家音樂廳。他所合作過的室內樂演奏者包括來自Guarneri、茱莉亞、Orion、邁阿密弦樂四重奏、Beaux Arts 和Mannes 鋼琴三重奏。他所一起演奏過的知名的音樂家包括林昭亮、胡乃元、Gil Shaham、Hilary Hahn、Ralph Kirshbaum、David Soyer、Peter Wiley和Gray Hoffman。

在2011年加入成軍至今以28年的Miami String Quartet, 錄製了Alberto Ginastera的兩首弦樂四重奏，也首演Peteris Vasks 的第一與第二號弦樂四重奏。 這些錄音在BMG唱片公司發行。

台北出生的李捷琦，8歲開始和林佳蓉學小提琴，12歲和林安誠學中提琴，次年前往美國加州Idyllwild Arts Academy就讀，他的中提琴老師是Donald McInnes，小提琴老師是Alice Schoenfeld。他在寇提斯音樂學院時師事Michael Tree，在茱莉亞音樂學院則拜Paul Neubauer 為師。

李捷琦目前任教於密蘇里堪薩斯大學音樂學院，成為該音樂院有史以來最年青的教授，同時也是的蒙特婁Mcgill International String Quartet Academy的教授。除了表演和教學，李捷琦也熱中打高爾夫球，總是帶著他的高爾夫球桿，尋覓打球的機會。

Scott Lee l Viola

Scott Lee has established himself as one of the most exciting and unique violists.  His exceptional musicality and virtuositic playing distinguish him as one of this generation's quintessential artists.

New York Times described his playing as “flawless technical resources combines them with an assured sense of musicianship, a remarkable and auspicious talent.”   Also, hailed as “the superstar of his generation” by the String Magazine.

Winner of the 1996 Concert Artists Guild Competition, he became the youngest winner in the Competition’s 50 year history.  Mr. Lee has been a top prize winner in the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition, the William Primrose Viola Competition, and the Corpus Christi (TX) Young Artists Competition. Scott Lee has appeared as soloist with numerous orchestras, including, the Kansas City Symphony, San Diego Symphony and L.A Chamber Orchestra. Other orchestral performances include the Longmont Philharmonic, and the International Sejong Soloists. In recital, he has performed at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall and Merkin Hall in New York, Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.  Scott Lee has been a featured soloist at the International Hindemith Viola Festival and at the 22nd and 24th International Viola Congresses. 

Scott Lee is also an extremely active chamber musician.  In summer 2011, Mr. Lee joined the Miami String Quartet.  Recent highlights of Mr. Lee’s chamber music concert schedule include performances at the El Paso Music Festival, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Chamber Music Northwest, OK Mozart Festival, Newport Chamber Music Festival, La Jolla Summerfest, Ravinia Festival, Savannah Music Festival, New York City’s Bargemusic, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Musicians from Marlboro, Merkin Concert Hall, and Taiwan’s National Concert Hall, Alice Tully Hall, The Gardner Museum in Boston and the Metropolitan Museum, the Marlboro Festival and in numerous chamber music venues across the United States. He has also collaborated with members of the Guarneri, Juilliard, Orion, and Miami String Quartets, and performed with members of the Beaux Arts and Mannes Piano Trios. His chamber music partners have included such renowned artists as Cho-Liang Lin, Nai-Yuan Hu, Gil Shaham, Hilary Hahn, Ralph Kirshbaum, David Soyer, Peter Wiley, and Gary Hoffman.

Mr. Lee joined Miami String Quartet and became the newest member of the quartet in 2011.  The quartet has recorded for BMG records in their release of two string quartets by Alberto Ginastera and String Quartet No.1 and No.2 by Peteris Vasks which was dedicated and premiered by the Miami String Quartet.

Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Mr. Lee began his music studies on the violin at age eight studying with Chia-Rong Lin. He took up the viola at age thirteen, and came to the United States the next year to study at the Idyllwild Arts Academy in California, where his viola teacher was Donald McInnes and his violin teacher was Alice Schoenfield. He has studied with Michael Tree at the Curtis Institute of Music and at The Juilliard School where he studied with Paul Neubauer.  

He is now Professor of Viola at the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Conservatory of Music and a faculty member at the McGill International String Quartet Academy in Montreal.

Besides performing and teaching, Scott is also an obsessed golfer, he is always looking for a game, carrying his clubs.