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Quartet 131 will perform a program including works by Dvorak, Florence Price, Bernard Herrmann, and Charles Griffes.
Price was the first African-American woman to have been recognized as a symphonic composer and to have had a composition presented by a major American orchestra. Her Five Folk Songs in Counterpoint for string quartet is a particularly compelling selection for Black History Month, as it, along with the Griffes work, are a realization of Dvorák's vision for the future of American Music
Bernard Herrmann is best know as the composer who scored such film classics as Psycho, Citizen Kane, Vertigo, Taxi Driver, and The Birds. His work, Echoes, for String Quartet, is a reflective composition that includes themes from some of his movie scores.
Quartet 131
Laura Goldberg (violin) was a founding member of the Cassatt Quartet, and has been a prize winner in the Banff, Coleman, and Fischoff Competitions. Recipient of Yale University's Wardwell Fellowship, she is Director of Music at the Belvoir Terrace performing arts program in Lenox, Mass. and founder of ArtsAhimsa, an organization dedicated to promoting Peace and Nonviolence through the arts. She has served on the Pre-College faculty of the Juilliard School since 1985. Violinist Lilit Gampel enjoys a varied career as soloist, chamber musician, orchestral musician, and teacher. She has performed as guest soloist with the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics, Boston Symphony, and the Concertgebouw, and has collaborated with the legendary Pierre Fournier, Kiril Kondrashin, and Zubin Mehta, among others. Her recitals have included appearances at the San Francisco Opera House and Chicagos Symphony Hall. Gampel has also performed regularly as a member of the Mostly Mozart Festival, American Ballet Theatre, New York Chamber, and Gotham Chamber Opera orchestras. Gampel began studying violin at the age of six. Her mentors included Alice Schoenfeld and Ivan Galamian (Juilliard). Awards include first prize in the Coleman Chamber Music and Young Musicians' Foundation competitions, and the Jacob Javits Fellowship for graduate work in literature. Andy Lin (viola) is is the artistic director and co-founder of the New Asia Chamber Music Society, a founding member the Amphion String Quartet, and serves as principal violist of the New York Classical Players and the Solisti Ensemble. An accomplished soloist playing both the viola and the erhu (Chinese violin). A Taiwanese born resident of New York, he has a growing range of musical appearances on stages around the world and in films with such diverse organizations as the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Incheon Philharmonic, the Busan Maru International Music Festival, the Metropolitan Museum Gallery Concert Series, and the award winning short film Daughters (Best Original Score at NYU Tisch Film Festival). Robert La Rue (cello) was First Prize Winner of the National Society of Arts and Letters Cello Competition, whose jury chairman was Mstislav Rostropovitch. Cellist of the Alcott Piano Trio and member of the cello trio, VC3, he also plays in the New York City Opera Orchestra. He is Music Director of Arion Chamber Music's concert series.
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LocationChrist and St. Stephen's Church (View)
120 W 69th Street
New York, NY 10023
United States
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