Music Center at Strathmore (North Bethesda, MD)
Declared "America's greatest quartet" by Time magazine, the Emerson String Quartet is praised worldwide for its insightful performances, dynamic artistry, and technical mastery. The ensemble has garnered eight Grammy Awards, including two for Best Classical Album--an unprecedented honor for a chamber music group. Wu Han joins the quartet for the signature Schumann Piano Quintet.
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The Emerson Quartet is flawless as usual. The accoustics is not excellent throughout Strathmore, but you gave us center seats and they were just right. The Schuman quintet with Wu Han was divine.
Program
Schubert: String Quartet in A minor, D. 804 “Rosamunde”
Janacek: String Quartet No. 2 “Intimate Letters”
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44
Emerson String Quartet
Wu Han, piano
The Emerson String Quartet is lauded globally as a string quartet that approaches both classical and contemporary repertoire with equal mastery and enthusiasm. For three decades, the group has collaborated with such artists as Emanuel Ax, Misha Dichter, Leon Fleisher, the Guarneri String Quartet, Thomas Hampson, Lynn Harrell, Barbara Bonney, Barbara Hendricks, the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, Paul McCartney, Menahem Pressler, David Shifrin, Richard Stoltzman and the late Mstislav Rostropovich, Isaac Stern and Oscar Shumsky.
The 2007-2008 season comprises more than 80 worldwide engagements, with a particular focus on Europe. In late August and early September, the Quartet will appear at the festivals of Gstaad, Salzburg, Schwarzenberg, Merano, Ascona, Copenhagen, Cologne and Stockholm. The Quartet returns to Europe throughout the season for a three-concert series at London's Wigmore Hall, another three-concert series at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall, a two-concert series at Vienna's Konzerthaus, its first appearance at Cité de la Musique in Paris and a pair of concerts at the Teatro della Pergola in Florence, with additional concerts in Spain, Austria, France, the UK, Germany and Italy. The Quartet's North American tours include stops in San Francisco, Stanford, Portland, Dallas, Philadelphia, Ann Arbor, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, San Diego, Vancouver, Scottsdale, Savannah and Houston. The Emerson continues its residency at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, now in its 28th sold-out season, and appears in New York with pianist Gilbert Kalish for Lincoln Center's Great Performers and with pianist Yefim Bronfman at Carnegie Hall.
Pianist Wu Han ranks among the most esteemed and influential classical musicians in the world today. She appears regularly in many prestigious venues across the United States, Europe, and the Far East as both soloist and chamber musician, and has toured extensively as duo pianist with cellist David Finckel. Wu Han's wide-ranging musical activities include the founding of ArtistLed, classical music’s first musician-directed and Internet-based recording company. Wu Han and David Finckel serve as Artistic Directors of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. They are also Artistic Directors of Music@Menlo, a chamber music festival in Silicon Valley that has garnered international acclaim since its inception in 2003. Prior to launching Music@Menlo, Wu Han and David Finckel served for three seasons as Artistic Directors of SummerFest La Jolla.
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