Segerstrom Center for the Arts presents the Esme Quartet on March 18 at the Samueli Theater. The Esme Quartet features Wonhee Bae, violin, Yuna Ha, violin, Jiwon Kim, viola, and Ye-Eun Heo, cello. They will be joined for their Center debut by composer Soo Yeon Lyuh playing the haegeum. The program includes Lyuh's Yessori: A Fantasia for Haegeum; Debussy String Quartet; and Beethoven: String Quartet, Op. 59, No. 2.
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Image Credits (L-R): Miró Quartet by Jeff Wilson; Paul Lewis by Kaupo Kikkas; Danish Quartet by Caroline Bittencourt; Junction Trio by Shervin Lainez; Sasha Cooke by Stephanie Girard; Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason by Jake Turney; Pacifica Quartet by Lisa-Marie Mazzucco; Karen Slack by Kia Caldwell; Mahan Esfahani by Kaja Smith.
Featuring the Miró Quartet in a World Premiere by Caroline Shaw, Pianist Paul Lewis (Baltimore Recital Debut), Danish String Quartet (Baltimore Debut), Junction Trio (Baltimore Debut), Mezzo-Soprano Sasha Cooke (Baltimore Recital Debut), Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason, the Pacifica Quartet with Soprano Karen Slack (Baltimore Debut), and Harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani (Baltimore Debut)
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Established in 2007, the Meccore String Quartet is one of Europe’s most compelling ensembles. They have appeared at many of the most important music festivals around the world including having the honour to perform, as the first ever Polish String Quartet, during the ceremony on Holocaust Remembrance Day in the German Bundestag. A number of international distinctions brought the Meccore String Quartet nomination for the “Paszport Polityki” award in the classical music category for their “innovative approach to the music and for breaking the musical stereotypes”. They have been praised for having amazing technical accuracy but still leaving room in their performances for emotional emphasis. They sound so magnetizing that you forget it’s a string quartet playing. Even the slightest nuance of the piece is gleaming. - Susanne Pütz, HR2 Kultur Their latest CD with String Quartets and Sextet “Souvenir de Florence” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, featuring
Callisto Quartet
The University of Central Arkansas College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) will host celebrated string musicians, the Callisto Quartet, as artists-in-residence, Feb. 9-10.
On Tuesday, Feb. 9, the quartet will host a public talk and demonstration from 1:40 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., in the Snow Fine Arts Center Recital Hall, followed by a public performance at 7:30 p.m., in Reynolds Performance Hall. Both are in-person events, with seats marked to observe social distancing. Attendees will be required to wear face coverings and follow all COVID-19 policies set forth by the university. Those wishing to watch remotely may view a live stream of each event on the UCA Department of Music’s YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFminxKyI9svxv2ioiWlpTQ.