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April 19, 2009
Sunday at 4:00 pm

Ariel String Quartet

Sasha Kazovsky, violin
Gershon Gerchikov, violin
Sergey Tarashchansky, viola
Amit Even-Tov, cello

PROGRAM

              String Quartet in F minor, Op. 95 ("Serioso") Ludwig van Beethoven
              "Between the Sacred and the Profane" for String Quartet, 1991 Menachem Wiesenberg
INTERMISSION
              String Quartet in A minor, D. 804 ("Rosamunde") Franz Schubert

After unanimous praise for last year’s performance, The Ariel Quartet will be returning to the Rhinebeck Chamber Music Society this season. Since their last appearance on our series, the Ariel has been selected to be the quartet in residence in the prestigious Quartet training program at New England Conservatory in Boston.

Itzhak Perlman has described the Ariel String Quartet: “To say that they are unusual in an understatement. They are extraordinary” Paul Katz, cellist of the Cleveland Quartet says, “In a lifetime of mentoring young quartets, I have never heard a quartet so young play this well.”

The youthful and talented Ariel String Quartet has rapidly gained the attention of the musical world. Founded in Jerusalem in 1998 they were coached by the violinist Avi Abramovich at the Jerusalem Conservatory of Music and Dance and later at the Jerusalem Academy. They were part of the Young Musicians Group of the Jerusalem Music Centre. Since their debut in 2000 at the Jerusalem Music Center, the quartet has performed in major venues in Israel and abroad. Recent appearances include the Musée du Louvre in Paris, the Kaisersaal in Frankfurt, the Washington Performing Arts Society, the Neue Galerie in New York City and Jordan Hall in Boston. 

In 2003, the Ariel String Quartet won First Prize in the “Franz Schubert and the Music of Modernity” international competition held in Graz, Austria, and the audience prize at the “Aviv” competition in Tel Aviv. In 2006, they were Grand Prize winners at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. In September 2007, they were represented Israel at the Banff International String Quartet Competition. They were given the Székely Prize for the outstanding performance of a Bartók String Quartet and will be performing their award winning Bartók at the Rhinebeck concert.

In addition to their concert on our subscription series, The Ariel String Quartet will be offering a special House concert for children ages 4 through 13 on Saturday, April 18, 2009, at the Starr Library, 68 West Market Street, Rhinebeck. They will also work with Orchestra students at FDR High School in Hyde Park following their appearance on our series. They will spend a day coaching the orchestra, selected ensembles and student soloists.

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