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Bion Tsang and Anton Nel featured on KLRU-TV

KMFA FM Austin, TX August 25, 2010

Posted by Alison @ KMFA

Remember that KLRU taping that a lot of us went to in February, featuring virtuosos Bion Tsang and Anton Nel? Well, the show will appear tonight (August 26th) on the Austin PBS show, In Context.

KMFA announcer Jules Brandon blogged about it at the time (her first blog entry, I think!) and by all accounts the performance was stellar. Austin is so lucky to have these two musicians in our very own city. We highly recommend watching this performance!

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Austin Arts: Seeing Things

KLRU’s “In Context” series to feature Anton Nel and Bion Tsang

Austin Statesman Austin, TX August 25, 2010

By Jeanne Claire van Ryzin

Thought that KLRU’s famed Studio 6A soundstage was just pop music? Think again.

In February, the legendary set of “Austin City Limits” was the site for a concert by two Austin-based classical musicians, pianist Anton Nel and cellist Bion Tsang. The gig was a recording for KLRU’s “In Context” series, which presents performances by Austin artists and cultural organizations. Tsang and Nel played selected movements from Boccherini’s Sonata in A major, Rachmaninov’s Sonata in G minor, Shostakovich’s Sonata in D minor, Beethoven’s Sonata in A major and Brahms’s Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor.

Thursday KLRU will air the 30-minute special at 8 p.m.

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Austin Sonata Limits

Bion Tsang and Anton Nel bring a little class(ical) to the 'Austin City Limits' studio

Austin Chronicle Austin, TX August 20, 2010

By Robert Faires

You may have thought that in the 34 years of taping in the KLRU studios, every kind of musician must have played on the set of Austin City Limits. But it wasn't until February 2010 that the stage, with its signature skyline of the capital city, played host to a pair of classical musicians. Cellist Bion Tsang and pianist Anton Nel, both respected artists around the world and faculty members in the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas, had the honor of being the first classical musicians to play in KLRU Studio 6A when they taped a half-hour special for the PBS affiliate's Lone Star Emmy Award-winning arts series In Context.

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In the News

Cellist Bion Tsang and pianist Anton Nel have collaborated in recitals and festivals from coast-to-coast for nearly 20 years. Their second live CD, "Live in Concert, Brahms Cello Sonatas and Four Hungarian Dances," is now available from Artek Recordings. Both musicians live in Austin, Texas. More...