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Saturday, September 25, 2010, 8pm

Virtuosi Concerts 2010-11

QUARTET À LA CARTE

The Miró Quartet
Daniel Ching, Sandy Yamamoto, violins;
John Largess, viola; Joshua Gindele, cello

A Banff Competition winner and the first chamber group to receive Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Career Grant, the Miró plays "... with explosive vigor and finesse...and gives the music an inner glow which is irresistible-phrase after phrase of sheer lyrical beauty." - New York Times

Miro SQ

Founded in 1995 at the Oberlin Conservatory, the Miró Quartet met with immediate success winning first prizes at the Coleman, Fischoff, and Banff competitions as well as the prestigious Naumburg chamber Music Award. The Miró Quartet was also a recipient of the Cleveland Quartet Award and was the first ensemble ever to be awarded the Avery Fisher Career Granbt. Regularly invited to perofrm a the world's most celebrated concert halls the Mirê Quartet has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Berlin Philharmonic's Kammermusihksaal
and Amersterdam's Concertgebouw among many others. A favorite of summer music festivals, the Quartet has frequently appeared at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Chamber Usic Northwest, and the Orcass Island Chamber Music Festival. Deeply committed to music education, the Mirê Quartet is currently the Faculty StringQuartet-in-Residence at the Sarah and Erneest Butler School of Music at the Univeristy of Texas in Austin.
Further information may be found at their website: www.miroquartet.com

Programme: Beethoven and Schubert, AND - "Quartet à la Carte" : Audience chooses 5 movements from a menu provided by the artists!

Select any of our 2010-11 concerts to discover more about the upcoming event, or read all about the concerts that have amazed audiences.

Opening Night!
Saturday, September 25
QUARTET À LA CARTE
The Miro String Quartet
Program Notes | Post Concert Critique

Saturday, October 9
AMERICAN PIANISTIC TREASURES
Jeffrey Siegel, piano
Program Notes | Post Concert Critique

Saturday, October 23
FROM PARIS WITH ÉLAN
Zodia Trio
Program Notes | Post Concert Critique

Saturday, November 6
FROM LECLAIR TO ESTACIO
The Hoebig/ Moroz Duo
Program Notes | Post Concert Critique

Saturday, December 4
FOUR HANDS, ONE HEART
Bax and Chung, Piano Duo
Program Notes | Post Concert Critique

Saturday, December 11 & Sunday December 12
THE ENGLISH TOUCH
The WSO Chamber Players
Program Notes | Post Concert Critique

Saturday, January 22
THE SOUL OF FLAMENCO
Jorge Miguel Flamenco Ensemble
Program Notes | Post Concert Critique

Saturday, February 5
SHIMMERING EXPRESSIVENESS
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Program Notes | Post Concert Critique

Saturday, February 26
ROMANTIC MASTERWORKS
The WSO Chamber Players
Program Notes | Post Concert Critique

Saturday, March 19
FROM ENGLAND
Gould Piano Trio
Program Notes | Post Concert Critique

Saturday, April 9
TWO PIANOS, ONE VISION
Kyung & Michael Kim, Duo Piano
Program Notes | Post Concert Critique

Saturday, April 16
STRAD AND STEINWAY
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Angela Cheng, piano
Program Notes | Post Concert Critique