Comprised of international prizewinning artists guitarist Tengyue (TY) Zhang and violinist Strauss Shi, ArcoStrum captures the hearts of audiences with dazzling violin-guitar virtuosity and joyful on-stage chemistry. ArcoStrum’s exciting three-part program, Four Seasons, premieres their own transcriptions of beloved Latin American works by Sérgio Assad, Radamés Gnattali, and Astor Piazzolla as a prelude to the duo’s dramatic version of Vivaldi’s beloved Four Seasons. For a grand finale, Strauss takes up the Chinese erhu (Chinese two-string fiddle) and dizi (Chinese bamboo flute) while TY straps on his electric guitar to create an unforgettable concert experience of Chinese American instrumental rock.

Zhang and Shi met at The Juilliard School and soon discovered shared passions in life and music-making. ArcoStrum commits itself to pushing boundaries and redefining the 21st-century violin-guitar art form, presenting a new chamber music that is mixed-genre, multi-cultural, and cross-era.  

Program

Sérgio Assad: Summer Garden Suite 
Radamés Gnattali: Suite Retratos for Guitar and Violin 
Astor Piazzolla: Tango Suite for Guitar and Violin 
Antonio Vivaldi: Selections from The Four Seasons 
Zhihui Li: Ink Orchid Pavilion 
Haihuai Huang: Horse Racing 
Polyphia: Playing God 
All selections arranged by Zhang and Shi 

Sunday, February 9, 2025 at 3:00PM in the Foellinger Great Hall

See the Krannert Center website for more details and to purchase tickets.