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SUMMARY:ISIDORE STRING QUARTET
DESCRIPTION:GET TICKETSWinners of a 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant\, the New York City-based Isidore String Quartet was formed in 2019 with a vision to revisit\, rediscover\, and reinvigorate the repertory. Their 2023 2024 season brings extensive tours of North America and Europe and a two-year appointment as the Peak Fellowship Ensemble-in-Residence at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. \nThe quartet also works as a resident ensemble with PROJECT: MUSIC HEALS US to provide encouragement\, education\, and healing to marginalized communities who may otherwise have limited access to high-quality live music performance. \nFor us\, they will perform works by Bach\, Shirazi\, Wijeratne\, and Mendelssohn. \nIsidore String Quartet \nThis concert is generously sponsored by Bob and Lauren Bresnan. \nProgram\nJ.S. Bach (1685–1750)\nContrapunctus 1-4 from Art of the Fugue \nAida Shirazi (b. 1987)\n“Umbra” (2017) \nDinuk Wijeratne (b. 1978)\n“Disappearance of Lisa Gherardini” (2022) \nFelix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)\nQuartet in E flat Major\, Op. 44\, No. 3\nI. Molto allegro vivace\nII. Menuetto: Un poco Allegretto\nIII. Andante espressivo ma con moto\nIV. Presto con brio \nProgram subject to change. \nProgram Notes\nProgram notes will be provided closer to the concert date. \nAbout the Artist\nIsidore String Quartet \nAdrian Steele and Phoenix Avalon\, violins\nDevin Moore\, viola\nJoshua McClendon\, cello \nWinners of a 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant\, and the 14th Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2022\, the New York City-based Isidore String Quartet was formed in 2019 with a vision to revisit\, rediscover\, and reinvigorate the repertory. The quartet is heavily influenced by the Juilliard String Quartet and the idea of ‘approaching the established as if it were brand new\, and the new as if it were firmly established.’ \nThe members of the quartet are violinists Adrian Steele and Phoenix Avalon\, violist Devin Moore\, and cellist Joshua McClendon. The four began as an ensemble at the Juilliard School\, and following a break during the global pandemic reconvened at the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival in the summer of 2021 under the tutelage of Joel Krosnick. In addition to Mr. Krosnick\, the ISQ has coached with Joseph Lin\, Astrid Schween\, Laurie Smukler\, Joseph Kalichstein\, Roger Tapping\, Timothy Eddy\, Donald Weilerstein\, Atar Arad\, Robert McDonald\, Christoph Richter\, Miriam Fried\, and Paul Biss\, while performing in venues such as Alice Tully Hall\, the Kennedy Center\, and at the Ravinia Festival. \nTheir Banff triumph brings extensive tours of North America and Europe\, a two-year appointment as the Peak Fellowship Ensemble-in-Residence at Southern Methodist University in Dallas beginning in 2023-24\, performances at Haydn Hall in Eisenstadt (in spring 2023) and the Lucerne Festival\, plus a two-week residency at Banff Centre including a professionally produced recording\, along with extensive ongoing coaching\, career guidance\, and mentorship. \nThe Isidore Quartet’s 2022-2023 season featured debut appearances in Pittsburgh\, PA; Durham\, NC; Burlington\, VT; Kalamazoo\, MI; Evanston\, IL; San Antonio\, TX; Laguna Beach\, CA (with pianist Jeremy Denk and violinist Stefan Jackiw); and Seattle\, WA (with violinist James Ehnes). The quartet returned Washington’s Kennedy Center as part of the Fortas Chamber Music Concert Series and will also perform for Schneider Concerts at the Mannes School of Music. In Europe they will perform at Esterhazy Palace in Austria and will spend time at the Britten Pears Arts Institute. \nOutside the concert hall the quartet has worked with PROJECT: MUSIC HEALS US providing encouragement\, education\, and healing to marginalized communities – including elderly\, disabled\, rehabilitating incarcerated and homeless populations – who otherwise have limited access to high-quality live music performance. They have also been resident ensemble for the Contemporary Alexander School/Alexander Alliance International. In conjunction with those well-versed in the world of Alexander Technique\, as well as other performers\, the ISQ explores the vast landscape of body awareness\, mental preparation\, and performance practice. \nThe name Isidore recognizes the ensemble’s musical connection to the Juilliard Quartet: one of that group’s early members was legendary violinist Isidore Cohen. Additionally\, it acknowledges a shared affection for a certain libation – legend has it a Greek monk named Isidore concocted the first genuine vodka recipe for the Grand Duchy of Moscow!
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