Date: September 16, 2018 to September 16, 2018
Where: San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco, California, United States, 94132
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Event Type: Arts & Theater
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Alexander String Quartet
Concert: Sunday, September 16, 2018, 3:00 PM
Master class: Friday, September 14, 2018, 2:00 PM
Tickets Available: August 26, 2018
The ALEXANDER STRING QUARTET has performed in the major music capitals of five continents, securing its standing among the world's premier ensembles. Widely admired for its interpretations of Beethoven, Mozart, and Shostakovich, the quartet's recordings of the Beethoven, Bartok, and Shostakovich cycles have won international critical acclaim. Since 1989, the Alexander String Quartet has been Ensemble in Residence in the College of Liberal and Creative Arts at San Francisco State University.
Recently named Ensemble-in-Residence by the San Francisco Conservatory of Music through the 2019-2020 season, the TELEGRAPH QUARTET has been described by the San Francisco Chronicle as "...an incredibly valuable addition to the cultural landscape" and "powerfully adept... with a combination of brilliance and subtlety." Founded in 2013, the Quartet is the recipient of some of the chamber music world's highest honors. Most recently, the Quartet was the winner of the 2016 Walter W. Naumburg Chamber Music Award and the Grand Prize at the 2014 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition.
Program:
Mozart: String Quartet No. 16 in E-flat major, K. 428
Penderecki: String Quartet No. 3 Leaves of an Unwritten Diary (2008)
Mendelssohn: Octet, Op. 20 (with the Telegraph Quartet)
Concert: Sunday, September 16, 2018, 3:00 PM
Master class: Friday, September 14, 2018, 2:00 PM
Tickets Available: August 26, 2018
The ALEXANDER STRING QUARTET has performed in the major music capitals of five continents, securing its standing among the world's premier ensembles. Widely admired for its interpretations of Beethoven, Mozart, and Shostakovich, the quartet's recordings of the Beethoven, Bartok, and Shostakovich cycles have won international critical acclaim. Since 1989, the Alexander String Quartet has been Ensemble in Residence in the College of Liberal and Creative Arts at San Francisco State University.
Recently named Ensemble-in-Residence by the San Francisco Conservatory of Music through the 2019-2020 season, the TELEGRAPH QUARTET has been described by the San Francisco Chronicle as "...an incredibly valuable addition to the cultural landscape" and "powerfully adept... with a combination of brilliance and subtlety." Founded in 2013, the Quartet is the recipient of some of the chamber music world's highest honors. Most recently, the Quartet was the winner of the 2016 Walter W. Naumburg Chamber Music Award and the Grand Prize at the 2014 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition.
Program:
Mozart: String Quartet No. 16 in E-flat major, K. 428
Penderecki: String Quartet No. 3 Leaves of an Unwritten Diary (2008)
Mendelssohn: Octet, Op. 20 (with the Telegraph Quartet)
MORE INFO:
Website: https://morrison.sfsu.edu/events/1098
Email: mcmc@sfsu.edu
Phone: 415-338-2467
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