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Guest Artists
Guest Artists
TINA GUO, cello
April 26, 2008, Saturday – 7:30 p.m.
April 27, 2008, Sunday – 3:00 p.m.
TINA GUO ,described as "a smolderingly passionate talent," 22 year old cellist, was born in Shanghai, China. She began her music education at the age of 3 studying the piano, and cello at the age of 7 under the instruction of her father, Lu-Yan Guo. From her Los Angeles base, she has appeared as a soloist with the San Diego Symphony, as well as with the La Jolla Symphony, the San Diego Youth Symphony, the San Diego Civic Youth Symphony, the Palomar Symphony, the Paducah Symphony, the Culver City Symphony, and the Idylwild Symphony. Recent season highlights have included a recital on television for KPBS as well as the performance of Dvorak's American Quartet with Midori Goto at Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
Tina's upcoming 2007-2008 SEASONhighlights include solo engagements in the United States, British Columbia, Mexico, and Sicily, as well as recitals in Los Angeles, and her New York debut at Carnegie Hall.
Her awards are numerous, including first prize in the San Diego Symphony Young Artists Competition, the MTAC VOCE California State Solo Competition, the ASTA California State Concerto Competition, the CAPMT California State Solo Competition, the La Jolla Symphony Young Artists Competition, the Music Heritage Incorporated String Competition, the San Diego Youth Symphony Young Artists Competition, the MTAC Concerto Competition, and the Parness Concerto Competition for Young Artists. She was also presented with the "Most Promising Talent" Award at the California Young Artists Competition.
Tina is an active participant in chamber music, as well as a strong advocate for new music. In addition, she is a published composer, and has been awarded first place in the MTNA's California State Composition Competition for her series of cello duets.
In addition to her concerts and touring, Tina is currently a sophomore at the University of Southern California. She is pursuing a major in cello performance with Professor Eleonore Schoenfeld at the Thornton School of Music. Tina enjoys writing, philosophy, photography, art, modeling, and playing the electric cello in her band "Metaphor," which blends classical, metal, and rock music in a genre defying ensemble. Tina performs on a 1878 Perry on loan from the Colburn Foundation.
"I want to touch your heart and show you through my music what I feel, what I see beyond the surface of life. To express everything I've experienced...the anguish, the darkness, torment, suffering, hopelessness, and the beauty of resurrection, of peace, of seeing the light, of finding enlightenment, the eternal ecstasy of love, the joy of finding my soul."