The Arianna String Quartet will perform a Guest Artist Recital on Tuesday, April 7 at 7:30 pm at the Dingeldine Music Center on the campus of Bradley University, 1417 W. Barker Ave, Peoria, IL. The concert is sponsored by the Intellectual and Cultural Arts Committee and the Department of Music at Bradley University. Admission is free and open to the public.
The Arianna String Quartet will perform Quartet in F minor, Op. 20, No. 5 by Franz Josef Haydn, Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 by Ludwig van Beethoven, and the Mendelssohn Quartet in F minor, Op. 80. As part of their visit to Bradley, they will speak and perform in classes, present a Master Class with the Bradley String Chamber Music students, and present their evening concert. The Master Class is also free and open to the public. Contact Marcia Henry Liebenow (309) 677-2602 for more information.
Hailed for their outstanding musicianship, the Arianna Quartet has firmly established itself as one of America’s finest chamber ensembles, having performed around the world to critical acclaim. The quartet, founded in 1992, has been on the faculty of the University of Missouri-St. Louis since 2000. The quartet is comprised of violinists John McGrosso and Julia Sakharova, violist Joanna Mendoza, and cellist Kurt Baldwin.
The Arianna Quartet has appeared throughout North America, South America, Europe and Asia, with frequent visits to Brazil and South Africa. They have collaborated with many of the world’s finest musicians, including members of the Vermeer, Tokyo, Cleveland and Juilliard Quartets, and their live performances have been heard on National Public Radio’s “Performance Today,” and “Live from Music Mountain”, which broadcasts to 125 stations in the U.S. and to 35 countries. The ASQ has recorded for Albany Records and Urtext Digital Classics, and has a long-term contract with Centaur Records.
Highlights for 2014-15 include two trips to Brazil, for the Rio Chamber Music Festival and the FEMUSC Festival in Jaragua do Sul, live performances on Chicago’s WFMT radio, concerts throughout the United States, and a return to the Madeline Island Music Camp (WI). The ASQ also looks forward to the continuation of the Arianna Chamber Music Festival, held on the campus of the University of Missouri - St. Louis.
The Arianna Quartet is also Ensemble-in-Residence at the Touhill Performing Arts Center in St. Louis, where they present their own series of concerts. Sought after for their highly effective approach to coaching and teaching as a quartet, the Arianna String Quartet has led the design and implementation of numerous chamber music programs. In addition to intensive musical training for string quartets, this institute focuses on ideas of community, outreach and entrepreneurship, and helping students develop skills for a self-sustaining business that gives back to their communities through teaching and performances.
Please call 309.677.2602 for more information.
