/tags/talented-musicians/Recent content in Talented-Musicians on Late BloomsHugoen-usMon, 02 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000/posts/a-viola-concert/Mon, 02 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000/posts/a-viola-concert/<p>[caption id=&ldquo;attachment_2645&rdquo; align=&ldquo;aligncenter&rdquo; width=&ldquo;800&rdquo;]<a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/Lateblooms/n-ZkfX3Q/2015/A-viola-concert/i-hM73C2z/0/Kntc39Z2CTd9xwxKDfSHzPJXZM5gZWqHK6dh9jDCf/D/Recently-Updated30-D.jpg"><img alt="“Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.” ― Confucius, The Book of Rites" loading="lazy" src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Lateblooms/n-ZkfX3Q/2015/A-viola-concert/i-hM73C2z/0/Kntc39Z2CTd9xwxKDfSHzPJXZM5gZWqHK6dh9jDCf/D/Recently-Updated30-D.jpg"></a> “Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.”<br>                                                                                 ― Confucius, The Book of Rites[/caption]</p> <p>When two gifted Curtis Institute  graduates take to the stage and combine their talents, you know you&rsquo;re in for a  memorable musical treat.  Teng Li, the Principal violist of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Meng-Chieh Liu, an international concert pianist, gave a rare performance last Thursday at the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto.  It was the first time I experienced the viola  as a musical instrument in its own right.</p>