2019 – July
Title – String Masterclass with cellist Bryan Cheng – Part 1
Presenter: Bryan Cheng
Description: Outstanding Canadian cellist Bryan Cheng will work with five students from the Fraser Valley
(two in part 1 and three in part 2) in a master class presented by The Valley Concert Society.
  • Part 1
  • Cello – Après un Rêve – Fauré
  • Viola – Cello Suite No.1 – Bach
  • Part 2
  • Violin – Sonata No. 1 – Bach
  • Cello – Cello Concerto 1st mvt – Elgar
  • Cello – Cello Concerto 2nd mvt – Haydn
Source: BCRMTA & Valley Concert Society

Bio: Already recognized as a rising star, Bryan enjoyed two major successes in 2018.

In June, Bryan won second prize at the prestigious TONALI 2018 Cello Competition in Hamburg, Germany. At the same competition he was awarded two prizes that gave him performance dates with two prominent German ensembles.

In September, Bryan won first prize in the Canada Council for the Arts Musical Instrument Bank Competition. The prize is the three-year loan of the ca. 1696 ‘Bonjour’ Stradivarius cello and the ca. 1830 ‘Shaw’ Adam bow.