Recent Solos Performed
Violin:
Concerto No 9, Op 104, Allegro maestoso, Charles-Auguste de Bériot, June 20, 2025
Romance No. 2 in F, Op. 50, Ludwig van Beethoven, April 13, 2025
Concerto No 23 in G Major, Giovanni Battista Viotti, March 2025
Harp:
Lolita la Danseuse, Marcel Tournier, Sept 2025
The Minstrel’s Adieu, John Thomas, March 2025
Around the Clock Suite: Ten Past Two, Pearl Chertok, May 3, 2025
Le Bon Petit Roi d’Yvetôt, Marcel Grandjany, November 24, 2024
Recent Music Festivals:
Pierrot Chamber Music Festival, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, July 2025
Handel: “Hornpipe” (from Water Music), Harp
Jacques Ibert: Entr’ Acte for Flute and Harp, Harp
Telemann Concerto No. 1 for Four Violins (Largo, Allegro, Adagio, Vivace), Violin 4
Farkas: Old Hungarian Dances from the 17th Century (Intrada, Lassu, Ugros), Violin
Vivaldi: L’Estro Armonico Concerto XIn B minor for 4 violins, strings & keyboard, RV 580 (Allegro), Violin
Telemann: Concerto in A minor for 2 flutes and strings, Violin
Philadelphia International Music Festival, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, June 2025
Bagatelles, Op 47, Allegretto scherzando, Dvořák, Violin II, June 21, 2025
Long Island String Festival Association, 6th Grade Orchestra, Uniondale, New York, March 2025, Violin I
The Artists Program Chamber Festival, Manhasset New York, August 2024
W. A. Mozart – String Quartet op. 155 “Allegro” and Johann Pachelbel – Celtic Canon, Concertmistress
String Quartet No. 7 IV. Presto by Shubert, Violin I
Honors and Awards Received:
Charleston International New Year’s Music Competition 2025, 1st Place, Violin
Concerto No.1 in A Minor by Jean-Baptiste Accolay
National PTA Reflections Contest 2024-25, New York State Merit Finalist, February 2025
Film Composition, Harp’s Harmony
Charleston International New Year Competition, 1st Place, Violin, December 2024
New York State School Music Association Festival, Level VI Violin Solo, 2005 Full Marks
New York State School Music Association Festival, Level V Harp Solo, 2025 Outstanding Marks
You can find Astele’s 2023 18th Century Music Competition piano performance here.
You can find Astele’s 2024 Spring Music Competition violin performance here.
You can find Astele’s 2025 New Year’s Music Competition violin performance here.
Watch Astele Liu perform Concerto No. 9 in A Minor, Op. 104, 1st Movement by Charles A. De Bériot on the violin for the 2025 Autumn Music Competition as part of the Charleston International Music Competition.