I am an avid violinist, and love playing in symphony and especially chamber music settings with close friends. Below are a few performances for your enjoyment!
I'm always on the lookout for new musical opportunities, so if you're in the Bay area and want to play some chamber music, shoot me an email.
While at Cambridge, a group of friends and I founded String Theory, a (tongue-in-cheek) chamber ensemble. One of our first performances was the haunting Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor.
Lay Kodama, Violin; WB, Violin; Franca Hoffmann, Viola; Philip Zupancic, Cello; Jumpei Satomi, Piano
More recently, we used the magic of Youtube and the internet to remotely record Elgar's wistful and heartwarming Salut d'Amour.
Lay Kodama, Violin; WB, Violin; Kin Lam, Violin
Agustín Moreno, Cello; Philip Zupancic, Cello; Franca Hoffmann, Viola; Jozefien Vanherpe, Cello
In San Francisco, I've enjoyed playing in quartets with friends, especially through the UCSF Chamber Music Society. Here is our quartet "Krabtet" (long story) playing some Schumann!
WB, Violin; Lay Kodama, Violin; Elyse Fretz, Viola; Eitan Cher, Cello
...and our performance of the swashbuckling third movement of the Tchaikovsky String Quartet in D Major.
Lay Kodama, Violin; WB, Violin; Elyse Fretz, Viola; Eitan Cher, Cello
I've also been involved in a conductorless "chamber orchestra" called Strings Collaborative at UCSF. Here is our performance of Elgar's Serenade for Strings.