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Interview: TwoSet Violin – The Sacrilegious Games are heading to Adelaide

Brett Yang and Eddy Chen, better know as YouTube sensation TwoSet Violin, are headed to Adelaide this month

Classical music’s favourite internet sensation, TwoSet Violin, are heading to Adelaide this June. Brett Yang and Eddy Chen are bringing their much anticipated The Sacrilegious Games World Tour to the Adelaide Festival Theatre for one night only on Wednesday 24th June 2026.

TwoSet Violin is bringing classical music to new audiences and continues to inspire the next generation. With over 9.5 million followers on social media, Brett and Eddy’s content has amassed an incredible 1.5 billion views to date with their signature blend of musical virtuosity and comedy.

TwoSet Violin’s tour will capture the duo’s one-of-a-kind live performances, weaving audience interaction with current social media trends while upholding the tradition and integrity of classical music concerts.

Eddy and Brett spoke to Glam Adelaide about The Sacrilegious Games World Tour, how the two of them met and formed TwoSet Violin and if they both knew that music and performing was what they wanted to pursue professionally as a career.

EDDY:
“I think mine is a pretty common story. When I first started learning the violin, I actually didn’t fall in love with the instrument in the early days. Like all beginners, it sounded really scratchy, but over the years I started to improve on the instrument and I started to enjoy it more. I remember when I was 13, I joined my first youth orchestra at Music Camp, and that was really fun being around similar aged and like-minded people that are all very passionate about music. It felt like I was suddenly in a place with people that understood me. That was really inspiring and I definitely felt myself getting more and more serious about music. I didn’t make the choice to pursue music professionally or seriously till almost the last minute. In grade 12, we had to put in the courses we wanted to apply for at uni and at the last moment I put down music, but also didn’t want to let my parents down. They wanted me to do medicine. I decided, in my act of rebellion, I said to Mum, “I’m gonna pursue music,” and here we are.”

BRETT:
“I kind of knew I wanted to do music about two years before I auditioned and got into the conservatory. I didn’t really put too much attention into my other studies after I made that choice. I just doubled down on practicing and spent way more time in the practice room than I did studying my other subjects.”

Eddy shared with us how he and Brett met and over time, formed TwoSet Violin.

“We actually met in a very stereotypical way, if you know Asians: after-school maths tutoring at the age of 13 and 14. It was a Friday evening and Brett was a new student just joining the class. We struck up a little conversation, you know, whispering while the teacher was teaching. Somehow we got into a conversation that led to us working out we both played the violin. But that was it, and we didn’t think much of it. The very next morning we both showed up for our very first time in the Queensland Youth Symphony. I remember walking in with my mom, and then I saw Brett and his dad standing across the other side of the room. So that’s how we met. We became good friends and played music and did chamber music masterclasses and workshops together.   

“Seven years later – it was on National Music Camp – we were at the dorm and just chatting. It was during the time that Gangnam Style was the first ever YouTube video to hit a billion views. So we decided it would be fun to make videos together. We looked into making videos, tried to learn how to video edit and shoot, and it just grew organically from a conversation we had in the dorm room.”

The Sacrilegious Games World Tour has already performed to sold-out audiences in North America and is currently taking Europe by storm. The tour will be TwoSet Violin’s first Australian concerts since 2024.

BRETT:
“We did a video called ‘The Fastest Violinist’ and it used the word ‘sacrilegious’ as part of it. That developed into a series on our YouTube channel where we review, react and roast certain things – certain musicians or non-musicians who make claims in the classical music world. In those videos we used the term sacrilegious a lot so the idea naturally stemmed from that. In the show itself, and I don’t want to reveal too much, but we have a bunch of challenges for each other as part of the overarching theme of sacrilegious games. We’ve added a few interesting camera angles in the show as well, kind of live streaming, but you’ll need to come and see it to know exactly what we are up to!”

The Australian concert tour will see Brett and Eddy share the stage with long-time collaborator and acclaimed pianist Sophie Druml. 

Brett and Eddy cannot wait to tour Australia once again, and for the first time, perform as TweSet Violin here in Adelaide. 

EDDY:
“I’m very excited to perform in Adelaide. It will be the first time I’ve performed there. I went to Adelaide for a music camp when I was 13 or 14, and I had my first ever flat white in Rundle Mall.”

BRETT:
“I feel like the interactions in this show with the audience are really fun. There’s also a big part of the show where we play a game of charades with the audience, and that’s always really exciting. It feels like a hangout session together. Because so much of the show relies on audience interaction, every show and every country we perform in is different so that makes it really super exciting for us because we don’t know what will happen.”

TwoSet Violin – The Sacrilegious Games
Adelaide Festival Theatre
Wednesday 24 June 2026
https://worldtour.twosetviolin.com/

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