Fung Chern-Hwei, violin
Born and raised in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and currently living in New York, Chern-Hwei recently graduated from Queens College, CUNY, as an MA in Performance. He studied classical violin with Professor Daniel Phillips, and jazz with John Blake Jr. and Christian Howes. He is very active in various kinds of music, namely classical (solo, chamber, orchestral, and Baroque), jazz, rock (Ambitious Orchestra), fusion, experimental (he wrote his own stuff).
Jeremy Harman, cello Jeremy is from Kansas City, Missouri. He is currently a graduate student in cello performance at the Longy School of Music in Boston. Having played guitar in the progressive metalcore band The James Dean Trio for the past four years before moving to the East Coast, he is now trying to translate some of his ideas, as well as a love for improvised music, into a different context.
Influences
Chern-Hwei:
Miles Davis, Christian Howes, JL Ponty, Dana Leong, Turtle Island String Quartet, Metallica, Cuong Vu, Pat Metheny, Akira Kurosawa, John Zorn, Mark Feldman, Okkyung Lee, Tracy Silverman, Stuff Smith, AND the immortal Sam Hui...
Jeremy:
Miles, Herbie Hancock, Meshuggah, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Cinematic Orchestra, John Coltrane, Pat Martino, Isis, Mare, Chick Corea, Portishead, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Wes Montgomery, Metallica, Pink Floyd...
Violinist Fung Chern Hwei and cellist Jeremy Harman, named themselves The Evil Twin, thanks to Mr. Benjamin Devitt, their roommates t-shirt that says, "I'm the Evil Twin", during HMI's 2006 season.
This a new breed of band: Only 2 members, playing electronic effects without any effects pedals or electric instruments (now how do you actually do that?), fusing every musical style they know together.
Watch out for them, NO MORE "MR. NICE STRING PLAYERS"!!
Newest info: Thanks to the generosity of Mr. Mark Allender from Bowed Radio, TET actually got to be podcasted in the Radio's 22nd Episode, alongside with Mark Feldman and Virus String Quartet! Here's the link
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Hey Chern Hwei!! Isn't that funny?! You contact me just a month before I'll be coming to New York for a week (for the Met Opera audition, ahhhhh!!). I would love to hang out. BTW, I'm trying to figure out where I could practice all day with driving people nuts. I'm staying with my friend at 110th and Broadway and am in search of a "practice room". Any ideas???
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEREMY!!!!!!!!! love man! miss you! God Bless! i was gonna call you earlier and the day was just SO-O crammed, now i figure it's too late and i don't really know if there is any time difference so i'll hit you up tommorrow to about your day and how things are goin:)you know i NEVER forget Your Birthday! ttyl-bonnie
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