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Turtle Island Quartet present new works at Savannah Music Festival

Turtle Island Quartet (TIQ) have been redefining the string quartet format since their inception in 1985. Led by violinist David Balakrishnan, TIQ classically interpret a broad range of genres including jazz, bluegrass, folk, R&B, new age, and hip-hop by “transcending style,” a philosophy Balakrishnan established in a master’s thesis he wrote while attending Antioch University West.TIQ’s unique approach to string quartet music has earned them two Grammy Awards in 2006 […]

todayMarch 21, 2024 2

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Lakes Area Music Festival brings the energetic Callisto Quartet to Minneapolis – Twin Cities

The Lakes Area Music Festival, a Brainerd-based music organization started 15 years ago by Scott Lykins, brought the vivacious Callisto Quartet to the Woman’s Club of Minneapolis on Thursday, part of LAMF’s winter series. The concert featured Mozart and Ravel, with a staggering piece by composer Paul Wiancko, a member of the Kronos Quartet, couched in between them. The four musicians — Cameron Daly (violin), Gregory Lewis (violin), Eva Kennedy […]

todayJanuary 26, 2024 3

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Chamber music excellence from Miró Quartet, Chinese violinist Ning Feng and others in Hong Kong’s Beare’s Premiere Music Festival

Their playing preceded by short texts read in turn by the musicians, they launched the first programme of the 2024 Beare’s Premiere Music Festival, “Spotlight on the Miró Quartet”, in an unconventional, and beautiful, manner.The Miró Quartet perform on stage at the Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall during the Beare’s Premiere Music Festival. Photo: PPHKClean, flute-like harmonics from first violinist Daniel Ching were passed along fluidly by the rest […]

todayJanuary 21, 2024 1

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Borodin Quartet | Thessaloniki | November 25 

The Borodin Quartet was founded in 1945 in the then Soviet Union. It is one of the world’s longest-lasting string quartets, whose members have traditionally been graduates of the Moscow Conservatory. The Borodin Quartet will perform at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall (tch.gr) as one of the three main events of its 2nd International Chamber Music Festival, which introduces audiences to the inner sanctums of the art of music for instrumental […]

todayNovember 5, 2023 3

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VC LIVE | Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival and Institute Presents Beethoven Quartet Cycle VI

Tune in here on Wednesday, August 30th at 7:00 PM (ET) for a chamber music concert featuring the Calidore String Quartet performing Beethoven's string quartets We're coming to you live from Music@Menlo, an internationally acclaimed chamber music festival and institute in the San Francisco Bay Area. Founded by David Finckel and Wu Han as a program of Menlo School, Music@Menlo features unique immersive programming, a roster of world-class artists, and a […]

todayAugust 28, 2023 9

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Orlando Shakes Million Dollar Quartet full of riches: Review

Well, goodness gracious, great balls of fire. Orlando Shakes’ “Million Dollar Quartet” is a welcome jolt of energy in these dog days of summer. The Broadway musical opens the theater’s 35th season with a bang. And the show even gives a moment or two to think about something deeper than the four superstars depicted onstage. “Million Dollar Quarter” is based on a real-life occurrence: On Dec. 4, 1956 Carl Perkins, […]

todayAugust 7, 2023 1

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