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Chicago
quartet to prform Nov. 2
By
Julie Rausch
With
performances in nearly every major city in North America, Europe
and Australia, the Vermeer String Quartet, formed in 1969, has achieved
international stature as one of the world’s finest music ensembles.
The
quartet will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, in Wiedemann Recital
Hall as part of WSU’s Connoisseur Series.
The
quartet members have been resident artists of Northern Illinois
University at DeKalb since 1970. Beginning in 1978, they have presented
annual master classes at the Royal Northern College of Music in
Manchester, England.
For
more than two decades, they have spent part of each summer on the
coast of Maine as the featured ensemble for Bay Chamber Concerts.
The
Vermeer Quartet makes its home in Chicago, where it has been the
resident quartet for Performing Arts Chicago since 1984.
The
members are violinists Shmuel Ashkenasi and Mathias Tacke, violist
Richard Young and cellist Marc Johnson.
The
quartet has appeared at multiple prestigious festivals and presented
new works for string quartet, many of which are written for them.
The quartet’s numerous recordings include the entire Beethoven
cycle plus works by Schubert, Dvorak, Mendelssohn, Verdi, Brahms
and Tchaikovsky.
Their
Grammy-nominated CD of Haydn’s "The Seven Last Words of
Christ" has been broadcast to more than 60 million people throughout
the world.
A free
masters class will be taught at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 2, in Wiedemann
Recital Hall.
Call
978-3233 to reserve tickets. Prices start at $16 with discounts
available.
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