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Very talented musicians and a relaxed atmosphere for a yoshi's gig (not crowded). Music was very good but I wished they had done more 'out there abstract' stuff...they seemed to stay with the accessible boundaries, maybe because those were the pieces they like, but maybe because they were afraid of alienating listeners...

Written on Jan 18 2012

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More Information About Del Sol String Quartet

Website

http://www.yoshis.com/oakland/jazzclub/artist/show/2409

Description

The San Francisco-based Del Sol String Quartet, two-time winner of the top Chamber Music America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, is breaking the boundaries of classical music in riveting performances of new music with a global pulse – “a fascinating and exquisitely played program” – Washington Post.

This critically-acclaimed group of high-energy master musicians explores new ways to interact with audiences, composers and artists across cultures and art forms.  As musical innovators "steeped in bravery and imagination" Del Sol:
•    Commissions and performs accessible new music from the brightest living voices around the world – Mason Bates, Gabriela Lena Frank, Tania Leon, Per Norgard and many more
•    Creates intriguing programs with electronica and instruments from other cultures - Asian, Latin American, indigenous Australian and others
•    Astounds audiences with one-of-a-kind multimedia dance, video and opera productions, including StringWreck, their critically acclaimed music/dance collaboration with choreographers Janice Garrett and Charles Moulton

Quartet members Kate Stenberg, Rick Shinozaki, Charlton Lee and Kathryn Bates Williams have worked their magic performing on prominent concert series nationwide, including the Kennedy Center, Library of Congress, National Gallery of Art and Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC, Symphony Space in New York City, the Other Minds Festival of New Music in San Francisco, the Chautauqua Institution,  the Santa Fe Opera New Music Series, the University of Vermont Lane Series and the bi-coastal Pacific Rim Festival co-presented by the University of California at Santa Cruz and Brandeis University in Waltham, MA.

Del Sol’s four commercial CD releases have been universally praised by critics, including Gramophone, which hailed the Quartet as “masters of all musical things,” and The Strad, which lauded the ensemble’s “gloriously opulent, full-throated tone.”

About the Ticket Supplier: Yoshi's Oakland

Yoshi's began in 1973 as a small, North Berkeley sushi bar owned by a trio of struggling students with plenty of dreams. Its founder and namesake, Yoshie Akiba, orphaned during World War II, came to the U.S. to study fine arts, dance and dance therapy. She opened Yoshi's Japanese Restaurant with her two best friends Kaz Kajimura, a journalist and carpenter, and Hiroyuki Hori, a painter and Japanese cook. The original North-Berkeley, 25-seat restaurant quickly became successful and by 1977 the three partners moved to a larger space on Claremont Avenue in Oakland and began introducing live music in their restaurant. Over the next 20 years, Yoshi's built itself into one of the world's most respected jazz venues and won a reputation as the Bay Area's premier location for people who were looking for great food and the best jazz. Yoshi's has hosted legendary jazz greats such as Betty Carter, Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Williams, Diana Krall, Branford Marsalis, McCoy Tyner, Harry Connick Jr. and Oscar Peterson among hundreds of others.

In 1997, Yoshi's was invited by the Port of Oakland to relocate to Jack London Square as part of a plan to revitalize the area. Together with Morimoto Architects, Yoshi's built an award-winning 330-seat jazz club with a state-of-the-art sound system and design. Occupying 17,000 square feet in the heart of Jack London Square, the club is in it's tenth year in that location which has become one of the East Bay's greatest destinations. The restaurant and lounge have a combined capacity of 220. In 1998 Peter Williams was hired as the club's artistic director. Under his leadership, the club has continued to present the finest in jazz music, as well as world music, blues, neo-soul, latin jazz and afro-cuban music. In fall of 2006, Kajimura decided that it was time to elevate the menu to the quality of the jazz by recruiting Executive Chef Shotaro 'Sho' Kamio, one of the Bay Area's top chefs to make the change. Chef Kamio (formerly of Ozumo) brought a whole new generation of modern Japanese cuisine to Yoshi's, which instantly put it on the map as a destination to dine in addition to the best place to hear great live music.