Morrison Artist Series: St. Petersburg SQ plays Britten, Schumann & Franck!

Details

Hi Folks,

Let's go watch the world's renowned string quartet playing music by Britten, Schumann & Franck. Please read details below:

ABOUT THE PERFORMERS

The St. Petersburg Quartet is one of the world's most esteemed chamber ensembles. Their rise to fame has included a Grammy nomination, "Best Record" honors in both Stereo Review and Gramophone, an opening night performance at Mostly Mozart at Lincoln Center, a five-year residency at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and hundreds of concerts on many of North America, Europe and Asia's most prestigious series and festivals. Founded in 1985 as the Leningrad String Quartet, the SPSQ quickly won 1st Prize at the All-Soviet Union String Quartet Competition; Silver Medal and a Special Prize at the Tokyo International Chamber Music Competition, 1st Prize and both Special Prizes at the Vittorio Gui International Competition Firenze, and First Prize and the "Grand Prix Musica Viva" at the Melbourne, Australia International Chamber Music Competition. When the city of Leningrad resumed its historic name, the quartet changed its name to the St. Petersburg String Quartet.

In the single season of 1969-1970, pianist Mack McCray won first prizes in the San Francisco Symphony's International Young Artists Competition and the Charleston Symphony Competition; Silver Medal at the International Enesco Competition in Bucharest, plus a special award for best performance of a contemporary Rumanian work; second prize at the International Liszt Competition in Boston; an Italian government citation for his performance at the Giornate Musicale festival in Todi, Italy; grants from the Martha Baird Rockefeller Foundation and the Insitute for International Education: and Juilliard's Edward Steuermann Memorial Prize. During that same season McCray made his first tour of Europe, including London, Vienna, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Brussels and Zurich, among other cities. Since that year, McCray has performed around the world, notably at the Paris Festivale d'automne, at Seville's Great Interpreters Series, with the Monte Carlo Orchestra, at Hong Kong's City Hall Concert Series, at the Bucharest Philharmonic Bach-Beethoven-Brahms Festival; and Boston's Fromm Foundation Concerts at Harvard. His 1981 recording of John Adams' piano work Phrygian Gates made the Best Recordings of the Year lists of both the New York Times and High-Fidelity/Musical America.

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PROGRAM

Medvedovskaya (1974–): Quartet No. 1 (1991);

Britten (1913–1976): Three Divertimenti for String Quartet (1933, revised 1936);

Schumann (1810–1856): Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44 (1842)

Intermission

Franck (1822–1890): Piano Quintet in F minor (1864)

TICKET: It is FREE, but you still need to reserve your space in advance.

Here's the link : https://www.vendini.com/ticket-software.html?t=tix&e=a3c680e126a5468f7b1ab908cf720506&gaOpen=UA-19337741-57&gaDone=UA-19337741-57

call 415-338-2467

PRE-MEETUP: Dinner following the concert around 5-ish

Muguboka Restaurant