Event: The Rimsky-Korsakov Quartet
Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2004
Time: 8 p.m.
Location: Wahlberg Recital Hall, Old Music Building
California State University, Fresno Campus
Admission: $12.50 General; $8 Faculty/Staff/Seniors; $5 Students
Contact: Department of Music: 278-2654
Press Contact: John Harper, 278-7592 or e-mail at joharper@csufresno.edu
Presented by: The Department of Music
An international acclaimed string quartet from Russia will perform a concert in the Wahlberg Recital Hall on the campus of California State University, Fresno on Wednesday, March 10 at 8 p.m.
The ensemble will perform compositions by Borodin, Glazunov, Haydn, and Californian composer Marge Wheeler.
Tickets are $12.50 for general admission, $8 for faculty/staff/seniors, and $5 for students. Tickets may be purchased in the Music Department office from Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., or at the box office beginning one hour prior to the performance.
The Rimsky-Korsakov quartet was formed in 1939, and has always drawn highly successful players from various St.Petersburg orchestras. The best traditions of the Rimsky-Korsakov String Quartet have been carried on by its current group: Mikhail
Bondarev (violin), Ekaterina Belisova (violin), Alexey Popov (viola), and Stanislav Lyamin (cello). All of the members of the quartet graduated from St. Petersburg Music Conservatoire, which has produced a considerable number of talented musicians and composers. Having such a significant background has enabled the quartet to cover a wide repertoire of familiar and more unusual pieces.
Committed to bringing chamber music to as wide an audience as possible, the Rimsky-Korsakov String Quartet offers an interesting combination of instrumental chamber works. Although the main focus of musical works has been done on Russian chamber music, as well as a traditional repertoire, the quartet takes an interest in contemporary composers.
The Rimsky-Korsakov String Quartet performs regularly in Russia and widely in many European countries, such as Germany, Italy, Malta, France, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Finland. Engagements abroad have included extended tours and performing in various musical festivals alongside world-famous musicians and leading orchestras. The quartet has a number of CD releases on Russian, German, French and U.S. recording labels.
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