Francis Liu, With an inclination for eclectic and innovative projects, violinist Francis Liu chooses to play music ranging from early Baroque to the latest contemporary pieces. Mr. Liu was a founding member of the Adelphi String Quartet, which served as the graduate quartet-in-residence at the University of Maryland School of Music from 2009-2011. With the quartet, Mr. Liu performed at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, the Washington Arts Club, and the Smithsonian American History Museum. In 2009, he joined with the Axelrod Quartet for a performance of the Mendelssohn Octet on the Smithsonian museum's collection of Stradivarius and Amati instruments. With members of the quartet,
Mr. Liu recently completed a recording of Walter Gieseking's rediscovered Kleine Musik, which will be released on the Naxos label.

In addition to his work with the quartet, Mr. Liu has given performances at the Millennium Stage of the Kennedy Center and the Haydn 2009 festival at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. He has performed with the Inscape Chamber Orchestra, the Fairfax Symphony, the Annapolis Chamber Players, and the Baltimore early music ensemble, Pro Musica Rara. Fond of working with living
composers, Mr. Liu has also appeared at the Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival, where he played in a marathon concert celebrating to the music of Steve Reich.

Mr. Liu received his doctorate from the University of Maryland, studying with David Salness. He completed his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, where he was a student of Kenneth Goldsmith. He has engaged in chamber music studies with the Diaz
Trio, as well as the Guarneri, Cleveland, Audubon, Orion, and Kronos Quartets.
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