Menuhin Competition

The Menuhin Competition comes to the United States for the first time and will take place in Austin, TX. Bion Tsang will be the Official Cellist of the 2014 Competition performing the Handel-Halvorsen “Passacaglia” in G minor for Violin and Cello with all the finalists of the Junior Section (competitors under the age of 16).

Founded by Yehudi Menuhin in 1983, the Menuhin Competition attracts some of the world's best violinists under the age of 22. The 10-day festival includes concerts, master classes, and community activities with world-class musicians including the Cleveland Orchestra, which performs in Austin for the first time since 1976. All performances are open to the public, attracting spectators from around the world.

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TCU Cellofest

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Cellofest Master Class

Ariane Todes, Editor at The Strad, is in Fort Worth, TX covering the events at the three-day long TCU Cellofest 2013. She posted on The Strad Facebook page... Advice from Bion Tsang in his Cellofest masterclass today: 'Get into the habit of recording yourself. The most difficult thing for us is to have a direct connection between what the audience hears and what we hear in our ear.'

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Performance Today

Bion Tsang is back on American Public Media's Performance Today. Heard today during the second hour of the broadcast is Bion's performance of John Novacek's "Foster Fantasy" and "Intoxication Rag" for Clarinet, Cello and Piano with clarinetist Nathan Williams and pianist/composer John Novacek. The recording was made during a marathon concert in Bates Recital Hall in Austin, TX on Friday, September 14, 2012 celebrating Bion's first ten years at the UT Butler School of Music.

Performance Today is broadcast on 260 public radio stations across the country and is heard by about 1.3 million people each week. To find out where and when Performance Today is broadcast in your area, visit performancetoday.org.

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Long Chair in Cello

Bion Tsang Appointed as Fellow to Newly Created Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Chair in Cello

The Butler School of Music in the College of Fine Arts at The University of Texas at Austin has appointed Associate Professor of Cello, Bion Tsang, as Fellow to the Long Chair in Cello.

Austin-based arts and culture philanthropists Joe and Terry Long created the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Chair in Cello in the Butler School of Music to support excellence in the cello faculty. In addition to the Long’s $1 million gift, another Austin-based philanthropic couple, Andrew and Mary Ann Heller, led a campaign to create a $.5 million endowment for the Friends of Cello Scholarship that will be used for scholarships, fellowships, recruitment and the enrichment of the school’s cello studio instruction. In under a year’s time, over twenty donors contributed to make this happen.

“These endowments will serve to strengthen Professor Tsang’s studio and our String program by supporting his teaching and the superb students he’s attracting from all over the world—which will in turn enrich the cultural life of Austin and Texas,” said Douglas Dempster, Dean of the College of Fine Arts.

“The extraordinary gift of the Long Chair in Cello Performance, as well as the Friends of Cello Scholarship, are a reflection on Bion Tsang’s popularity and enthusiastic support in Austin,” said Dempster. “Anyone who has heard his performances understands why he is a favorite of Austin audiences and audiences across the U.S.”

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