Tuesday Matinees: Aizuri Quartet

ELEANOR ALBERGA – String Quartet No. 1 (1993) 
   I. Détaché et martellato e zehr lebhaft und swing it man
RHIANNON GIDDENS – At the Purchaser’s Option (2016) 
BEETHOVEN – String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat Major, Op. 127 (1825)

Virtual performance filmed at Oktaven Audio in Mount Vernon New York
Praised by The Washington Post for “captivating” performances that draw from its notable “meld of intellect, technique and emotions,” the Aizuri Quartet was awarded the Grand Prize and the CAG Management Prize at the 2018 M-Prize Chamber Arts Competition, along with top prizes at the 2017 Osaka International Chamber Music Competition in Japan, and the 2015 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition in London. The Quartet’s debut album, Blueprinting, featuring new works written for the Aizuri Quartet by five American composers, was released by New Amsterdam Records and nominated for a 2019 GRAMMY Award. Through its engaging and thought-provoking programs, branded by The New York Times as “genuinely exciting” and “imaginative,” the Quartet has garnered critical acclaim for bringing “a technical bravado and emotional power” to bold new commissions, and for its “flawless” (San Diego Union-Tribune) performances of the great masterpieces of the past.

2020-21 Kaufman Music Center presentations are online, filmed in safe, socially distanced locations observing health and safety protocols, and streamed to the safety of your home.

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