COMPLETE 2008 SEASON INFORMATION
We are excited to bring ten
diverse chamber music ensembles to the 2008 Festival in celebration
of our thirtieth anniversary. Below you will find biographical information,
photographs and website links for the invited groups to whet your appetites
for this summer - our complete calendar including repertoire will be
added as soon as it becomes available. We look forward to sharing this
beautiful, inspring music with you. |
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Founded in 2001, the La
Catrina Quartet has a triple mission: to work closely with living composers in order to promote the performance of new music, to promote Mexican and Latin- American art music and to perform the masterworks of the string quartet repertoire.
Its members have played as soloists with a variety of orchestras in Mexico and the United States and given recitals in Japan, England, the United States, and Mexico.
Currently the Quartet-in-Residence of the Western Piedmont Symphony and the Chamber Music Festival of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, the La Catrina Quartet has already given multiple world premieres of works written for them, such as Our Hands Were Tightly Clenched, a string quartet by composer Zae Munn, published by Arsis Press and premiered by them in 2003 at Chicago’s College of Performing Arts.
They have recorded works by Mexican composer Germán Romero, under the Quindecim label, and collaborated with several other artists, including a recording of Mozart’s clarinet quintet with renowned Cuban clarinetist Alfredo Valdés-Brito.
Recipients of the Bascom Little Fund Grant, which is given to outstanding artists to promote the creative endeavor of composers from Ohio, the La Catrina Quartet will release a compact disc in the fall of 2008. Next season they will be featured in concert series throughout the US and Mexico.
Its members have played as soloists with a variety of orchestras in Mexico and the United States and given recitals in Japan, England, the United States, and Mexico.
Currently the Quartet-in-Residence of the Western Piedmont Symphony and the Chamber Music Festival of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, the La Catrina Quartet has already given multiple world premieres of works written for them, such as Our Hands Were Tightly Clenched, a string quartet by composer Zae Munn, published by Arsis Press and premiered by them in 2003 at Chicago’s College of Performing Arts.
They have recorded works by Mexican composer Germán Romero, under the Quindecim label, and collaborated with several other artists, including a recording of Mozart’s clarinet quintet with renowned Cuban clarinetist Alfredo Valdés-Brito.
Some of this year’s activities have included their participation
in the highly competitive Association of Performing Arts Presenters 2007
convention in New York City, which concluded with a performance in Carnegie
Hall showcasing them as one of the "next generation of classical stars."
This summer they conducted a two-week residency for the Chamber Music Festival
of San Miguel de Allende, where they collaborated with the Brentano Quartet
for a performance of the Mendelsohnn octet. Prior to their San Miguel de Allende
residency, they began an ambitious two-week chamber music festival for kids
ages 5-18 at Kent State University. Recipients of the Bascom Little Fund Grant, which is given to outstanding artists to promote the creative endeavor of composers from Ohio, the La Catrina Quartet will release a compact disc in the fall of 2008. Next season they will be featured in concert series throughout the US and Mexico.