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Fulcrum Point String Quartet: Latin Flavors
Fulcrum Point Artistic Director Stephen Burns asked the Fulcrum Point String Quartet
to select a work based on a poem or literary work. Their selection of Elena Ruehr's "Bel Canto" (based on Ann Patchett's novel) inspired the creation of this Latin American themed program.
Fulcrum Point String Quartet: Latin Flavors
Saturday, May 31 at 7pm
Admission: $15 ($5 for students) - buy tickets here
Music Institute of Chicago, Nichols Concert Hall
1490 Chicago Ave., Evanston
Fulcrum Point String Quartet:
Mark Brandfonbrener, cello
Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff, viola
Rika Seko,violin
Mathias Tacke, violin
Program:
"String Quartet No. 17" - Heitor Villa-Lobos
"Bel Canto" - Elena Ruehr
"Tango Suite for String Quartet" - Elliott Bark.
About the artists
Mark Brandfonbrener is a member of the orchestras of Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Santa Fe Opera. A graduate of the Juilliard School and the University of Michigan, he is an active chamber musician, performing as a member of Music of the Baroque, Fulcrum Point New Music Project, and the Pintele Piano trio. A former member of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, he performs frequently with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Chamber Musicians and the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. His cello is a 1710 Paolo Testore.
Violist Claudia Lasareff-Mironoff graduated from the University of Denver with a Bachelor of Music degree and earned a Master of Music and a Certificate in Performance from Northwestern University. She then became the principal violist of the Cape Town Symphony in South Africa. She joined the faculty of Northwestern University in 2000-04 as the Coordinator of String Chamber Music. Ms. Lasareff-Mironoff has performed chamber music with members of the Chicago Symphony, members of the Lyric Opera, the Chicago Contemporary Chamber Players, the Chicago Philharmonic, the Pacifica String Quartet, Stephen Burns, Mathias Tacke, Ilya Kaler, Victor Yampolsky, William Wolfram, PINOTAGE, members of Eighth Blackbird, CUBE and the Orion Ensemble. She has performed with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Grant Park Symphony, Music of the Baroque and has been the principal violist of the Chicago Sinfonietta, the Colorado Music Festival, Chicago Opera Theater, and the Joffrey Ballet. In 2005 she was the violist in Fulcrum Point's debut performance at the Ravinia Festival. During the 2007 season she performed with the Santa Fe Opera. A champion of new music she has premiered and performed works by many composers. Her discography includes chamber works recorded for Albany Records and Innova Recordings. She has performed regularly on WFMT since 1994 including a Dame Myra Hess Recital in 1998. She joined the chamber music faculty of the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra in 2009. Since 2002 she has been the principal violist of Fulcrum Point New Music Project. Guest artist recitals and master classes include appearances at Northwestern University, Bowling Green University, Cal State Sacramento, Wheaton College, DePaul University, Roosevelt University, San Francisco State University and she was the guest artist for the viola master class at the 2011 Stulberg International String Competition.
In 2012 she led viola sectionals for the DePaul University Chamber and Symphony orchestras. Currently she is the Director of Chamber Music and teaches viola at North Park University. For more information visit: http://www.claudialm.com
Violinist Rika Seko was born in Tokyo in 1963 and began her professional career in Bogotá, Colombia after graduating from the Tokyo University of the Arts in 1986. By 1989 she served as the guest Concertmaster of the Colombia Symphony and appeared often as a soloist with many orchestras Columbia. She was the Professor of Violin at Yuriko Kuronuma Academy in Mexico City and was invited to serve as Assistant Concertmaster in the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra. She premiered performances in Columbia of the Stravinsky Violin Concerto and Alicia Terzian Violin Concerto. She has appeared with many Chicago area orchestras including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra, the Ravinia Festival Orchestra, and has been active as a commercial recording artist. As a soloist, she has appeared in concerts with the Peninsula Music Festival Orchestra where she served for eight years as assistant concertmaster, Northwestern University Philharmonic Orchestra and the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra. In addition, she has performed for WFMT's "Live From Studio One" with the Chicago Ensemble for a recital at the Chicago Cultural Center as a part of Dame Myra Hess Concert Series. Since moving to the United States, Rika has been invited to perform as a soloist in Colombia, including a 2006 performance of "Serenade" by Bernstein under the direction of Maestro Irving Hoffman with the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra. Currently she serves as concertmaster at the Elmhurst Symphony, is a member of the Grant Park Festival Symphony Orchestra and regularly appears with Music of the Baroque and the Fulcrum Point New Music Project.
Mathias Tacke, violin, was the second violinist of the acclaimed Vermeer Quartet from 1992 until 2007 and prior to that a member of the Ensemble Modern Frankfurt, one of the most important professional groups specializing in contemporary music. In this capacity he gave countless first performances, including works by most of today's leading composers. With the Vermeer Quartet he gave performances in practically all of the most prestigious festivals, including Tanglewood, Taos, Ravinia, South Bank, Berlin, to name only a few. He appears internationally as a soloist and chamber player, performing a wide range of repertoire from the Baroque to music of our time and has made numerous recordings for such labels as Sony, ECM, Harmonia Mundi, Naxos and Cedille. Three of the Vermeer Quartet recordings were nominated for the Grammy Award. Mr. Tacke is Professor of Violin and Chamber Music at Northern Illinois University and Guest Lecturer for String Chamber Music at Northwestern University.
About Fulcrum Point New Music Project
Now in its 16th year, the mission of the Fulcrum Point New Music Project is to be a Chicago leader of diverse new music; presenting multi-media performances, generating educational programs, as well as commissioning and recording innovative works.
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1490 Chicago Avenue
Evanston, IL 60201
United States
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