Amernet String Quartet in concert on Oct. 8
Article published on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2006 |
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TARPON SPRINGS - The Amernet String Quartet performs on Sunday, Oct. 8, 3 p.m., at the Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center. Admission is $18; $16 for center members and students.
The Amernet String Quartet, Ensemble-in-Residence at Florida International University, has garnered worldwide praise and recognition as one of today's exceptional string quartets.
The ensemble rose to international attention after only one year of existence, after winning the Gold Medal at the 7th Tokyo International Music Competition in 1992.
Three years later the group was the First Prize winner of the prestigious 5th Banff International String Quartet Competition. The Amernet String Quartet has been described by The New York Times as "an accomplished and intelligent ensemble", and by the Nürnberger Nachrichten (Germany) as "fascinating with flawless intonation, extraordinary beauty of sound, virtuosic brilliance and homogeneity of ensemble."
The Amernet String Quartet was formed in 1991, while two of its members were students at The Juilliard School. Founding members Marcia Littley and Javier Arias have been joined by fellow Juilliard graduates, violinist Misha Vitenson and violist Michael Klotz.
Their busy performance schedule has taken the group to major musical centers and smaller cities across the United States. They also have performed concerts in Japan, Canada, Germany, France, Switzerland, Korea, Mexico and Romania. The Amernet's New York debut was at Merkin Hall in 1994, with a return engagement in 1995. Subsequent New York appearances include Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall in 1996 and 1998, the Americas Society in 1998, and Alice Tully Hall in 1997 and 1998, which The New York Times described as "immensely satisfying... most notable for the quality of unjaded discovery that came through so vividly."
The group has recorded the "Concerto for Clarinet, Oboe, String Quartet and Bass" by John Harbison with Sara Lambert Bloom and Charles Neidich as soloists, "The Butterflies began to Sing" a work for String Quartet, Bass, MIDI keyboard and computer, by Morton Subotnick, a complete CD of quartets by American composer Stephen Dankner, as well as a recording of the Debussy String Quartet and the Chausson Concerto for Piano, Violin and String Quartet.
The Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center is at 324 East Pine Street. For tickets and information, call 727-942-5605.
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Article published on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2006
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