Performances, Interviews, and More

Civitas Ensemble presents 'Celebration of César Franck' Live from ‍Rhapsody Theater in Rogers Park Sunday, October 23, 2022 - 2:00 PM CDT W.A. Mozart: Quartet No. 30 for Oboe, Violin, Viola, and Cello, I. Allegro Yuan-Qing Yu, Ken Olsen Guest Artist: William Welter, Weijing Wang Michal

Civitas Ensemble presents 'Celebration of César Franck' Live from ‍Rhapsody Theater in Rogers Park Sunday, October 23, 2022 - 2:00 PM CDT Poulenc: Sonata for Violin and Piano, I. Allegro con fuoco Violin: Yuan-Qing Yu; Piano: Winston Choi

Civitas Ensemble presents 'Celebration of César Franck' Live from ‍Rhapsody Theater in Rogers Park Sunday, October 23, 2022 - 2:00 PM CDT Poulenc: Sonata for Violin and Piano, II. Intermezzo Violin: Yuan-Qing Yu; Piano: Winston Choi

Civitas Ensemble presents 'Celebration of César Franck' Live from ‍Rhapsody Theater in Rogers Park Sunday, October 23, 2022 - 2:00 PM CDT Poulenc: Sonata for Violin and Piano, III. Presto tragico Violin: Yuan-Qing Yu; Piano: Winston Choi

DSPM Founder Michael Henoch and Civitas Ensemble founder Yuan Qing Yu talks about the importance of chamber music and how it can serve the communities.

Civitas Ensemble performs Franz Waxman's Auld Lang Syne Variations at "An Evenings At The Movies" (December 15, 2021 in Allen Recital Hall at DePaul University's Holtschneider Performance Center). 0:00 Title Card 0:03 I. Eine Kleine Nichtmusik 3:15 II. Moonlight Concerto 8:50 III. Chaconne a son Gout 11:54 IV.

John Waxman, son of composer Franz Waxman, and Yuan-Qing Yu, Assistant Concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, discuss the friendship between Jascha Heifetz and Franz Waxman that led to some iconic works including Heifetz's recording of the Bach Double Violin Concerto, the score to the film Humoresque, and the premieres of the Carmen Fantasie and Auld Lang Syne Variations.

Composer Mischa Zupko discusses what it's like to write a new chamber work in quarantine with Civitas violinist Yuan-Qing Yu.

Yuan-Qing Yu, assistant concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, performs Henryk Wieniawski's L'école moderne, Op. 10, No. 5: Alla saltarella in this video made for a CSO Virtual Recital on July 25, 2020.

Yuan-Qing Yu, assistant concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, performs Henryk Wieniawski's L'école moderne, Op. 10, No. 7: La Cadenza in this video made for a CSO Virtual Recital on July 25, 2020.

Yuan-Qing Yu, assistant concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, performs Czech composer Sylvie Bodorová's "Dža more," a ballad for solo violin (1990), in this video recorded for a CSO virtual recital on July 25, 2020.

Despite our season's cancellation due to the current health crisis, Civitas Ensemble members are determined to help heal spirits through assembled performances. Yuan-Qing Yu and Ken Olsen collaborated here to perform Johan Halvorsen’s Passacaglia for Violin and Viola from their respective homes!

Civitas members Yuan-Qing Yu (violin), Ken Olsen (cello) and Winston Choi (piano) perform live in Allen Recital Hall at DePaul University’s Holtschneider Performance Center (January 31, 2020).

Civitas members Yuan-Qing Yu (violin), Ken Olsen (cello) and Winston Choi (piano) perform live in Allen Recital Hall at DePaul University’s Holtschneider Performance Center (January 31, 2020).

Civitas members Yuan-Qing Yu (violin), Ken Olsen (cello) and Winston Choi (piano) perform live in Allen Recital Hall at DePaul University’s Holtschneider Performance Center (January 31, 2020).

Gottlieb Hall, Merit School of Music. Chicago

Gottlieb Hall, Merit School of Music. Chicago

Gottlieb Hall, Merit School of Music. Chicago