This Saturday night, the American based string quartet will grace the Virtuosi stage at the University of Winnipeg with guest pianist Michael Kim. Missed Simeon's interview with two of the members? Watch the video here!

 

 

 

Source: http://fineartsquartet.com/

They have been called the “The Dream Team” and were declared by the Washington Post “one of the gold-plated names in chamber music”.

These statements come as no surprise when you consider that American first violinist Ralph Evans was a prizewinner in the International Tchaikovsky Competition, the "fiercest, sweatiest, most nerve-shredding competition in the classical world”; that Russian-born second violinist Efim Boico was chosen by Daniel Barenboim to be concertmaster of the Orchestre de Paris, that Canadian violist Juan-Miguel Hernandez recorded with Norah Jones and Chick Corea and the British cellist Robert Cohen, in the words of New York Stereo Review, "plays like a God”.

Despite their unique and diverse musical makeup and the individual impact each artist has had on the world of music, there is an overwhelming force that drew them together and marks the Fine Arts Quartet as a musical entity like no other. They have an instantly identifiable sound, an intense beauty, a deeply warming, fluent communication that envelopes their audience. It has been called a sound from the golden era, a sound that restores and enriches.

The Fine Arts Quartet holds an extraordinary and legendary history of its own. Founded in Chicago in 1946, they have recorded more than 200 works and toured throughout the world. The thirty-two year membership of Evans and Boico has created a unity of violin sound like no other. Three years ago, Cohen brought his extraordinary musical passion to the Quartet, followed shortly by Hernandez with his dynamism and heartfelt warmth.

The quartet, along with guest pianist Michael Kim perform Saturday night (Jan 23) at the University of Winnipeg as part of the virtuosi chamber concert series. The concert begins at 8 PM. For tickets call 204.786.9000

 

Read more about the quartet here. They were Chris Wolf's featured artists last week on Intermezzo.