Eddy Chen and Brett Yang have become YouTube sensations as TwoSet Violin, taking classical music to new audiences through their tongue-in-cheek videos. Violist Katie Yap – who played with the duo in the Australian Youth Orchestra – asks them how it all came about and what audiences can expect from their current live tour, Sacrilegious Games.

TwoSet Violin’s Brett Yang and Eddy Chen. Photo © The Photo Studio, Glebe

Their origins are relatively unremarkable – two young violinists in suburban Brisbane, goofing around in the second violin section of their youth orchestras, or practising late into the night under the dubious fluorescent light of conservatorium practice rooms, stressing over the minutiae of orchestral excerpts.

What is unusual is how TwoSet Violin took their experiences...