Other Concerts:
10/06/07
Imani Woodwind Quintet
12/01/07
Western Wind
01/12/08
Axis String Quartet
02/02/08
Four Nations Ensemble
03/08/08
Pacifica String Quartet
04/12/08
Escher String Quartet
House Concert
The Ariel Quartet

| "House Concert" tickets - $50 each (Please note a maximum of 45 tickets will be offered; you will be notified upon purchase if ticket limit has been reached) Please note that this concert will be held in a private home in Rhinebeck. You will receive directions to the concert venue when tickets are purchased, or you may call 845-876-2870 to place your order and receive directions. A light reception will follow the concert. |
Formed in Israel in 1998, the Ariel Quartet was coached by
violinist Avi Abramovich, a leading teacher in Israel, and present
head of the string department at the Jerusalem Academy of Music.
Since 2004, the group has studied at New England Conservatory under
the tutelage of Kim Kashkashian, Paul Katz and, this year, Martha
Strongin Katz. All four of the players are 22 years old. Gerchikov
and Even-Tov are Israeli natives; Kazovsky and Tarashchansky
emigrated as children to Israel from Russia and Ukraine
respectively.
The Ariel String Quartet debuted in 2000 at the Jerusalem Music
Centre, going on to perform at venues including the Musée du Louvre,
the Kennedy Centre, and Boston’s Jordan Hall. Grand Prize winners of
the 2006 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition at the
University of Notre Dame in Indiana, they placed first in the 2003
Franz Schubert and the Music of Modernity Competition in Graz,
Austria in 2003. The quartet was one of the ten finalists at the
2007 Banff International String Quartet Competition and were awarded
the Székley Prize for the best performance of a Bartok Quartet.
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