Event

CARDUCCI STRING QUARTET

Friday, April 23 at 8pm

"An exciting ensemble...accuracy of attack, perfect intonation, unflagging energy.": - London Metro

$20 Members $25 Public

Matthew Denton, violin; Michelle Fleming, violin; Eoin Schmidt-Martin, viola; Emma Denton, cello

Already recognized as one of Europes top young quartets, the Carducci String Quartets
North American career is off to an auspicious start after winning the 2007 Concert
Artists Guild International Competition.Hailed by The Times (London) as stunningclearly
musicians of high intelligence, the Quartet also captured First Prize at Finlands Kuhmo
International Chamber Music Competition and major awards at the chamber music competitions
in Bordeaux, London and Osaka. Season highlights for 2009-10 include the Carducci Quartets
Washington, DC debut at the Library of Congress and a return to New York on the Schneider
Concerts series at the New School, as well as concerts at the University of Nevada/Reno,
Lancaster (CA) Performing Arts Center, and for the Melbourne (FL), Little Rock and South
Bay (CA) Chamber Music Societies. In 2008-09 the Carducci Quartet made its Carnegie Hall
debut at Weill Recital Hall on the CAG/Winners Series with a program including a world premiere by
composer Huang Ruo. Other NYC performances that season include Symphony Spaces
Thalia Theatre on the CAG/New Works series, Barbs Bar and Performance Space in Brooklyn.