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Arianna String Quartet Concert & Conversation
The Eureka Chamber Music Series presents another superb set of concerts featuring the Arianna String Quartet on Saturday, March 16th at 7:30 p.m. at Calvary Lutheran Church in Eureka, and on Sunday, March 17th at 3:00 p.m. at the Lutheran Church of Arcata. Repertoire for the Saturday evening concert includes String Quartet No. 9 in G Minor, D. 173 by Franz Schubert, String Quartet No. 12 in E Flat Major, Opus 127 by Ludwig van Beethoven, and An Elegy: A Cry from the Grave by contemporary American composer Carlos Simon. On Sunday afternoon, a special Concert & Conversation will feature a fresh set of musical offerings by the French composer Claude Debussy, interspersed with insights about the music and music-making coming directly from the artists.
Hailed for their outstanding musicianship, the Arianna String Quartet has established itself as one of America’s finest chamber ensembles. Their performances have been praised for “tonal warmth, fastidious balance and expressive vitality” (Chicago Tribune) and “emotional commitment and fluent virtuosity” (Pretoria News, South Africa). Formed in 1992, the ASQ garnered national attention by winning the Grand Prize in the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, First Prize in both the Coleman and Carmel Chamber Music Competitions, and were Laureates in the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition.
Mainstage Concert tickets are $40 general and $10 for students. Concert and Conversation tickets are $20 general and $5 for students. Tickets may be purchased in advance by following the links on www.eurekachambermusic.org, or by searching the Eureka Chamber Music Series Collection on Eventbrite. Any remaining tickets will be sold at the door, but availability will be limited.
In addition to performing their weekend concerts, the Arianna String Quartet will be in residency in Humboldt County the previous week, providing educational outreach to local school string orchestra programs. This week of coaching young string musicians and nurturing their interest in classical music is provided to the schools free-of-charge by the Eureka Chamber Music Series. This program is made possible by the continuing generosity of ECMS donors and sponsors, as well as by a grant from the Christine and Jalmer Berg Foundation.
The Arianna String Quartet has appeared throughout North America, in South America, Europe, Asia, and South Africa. They have collaborated with many of the world’s most celebrated musicians, including members of the Vermeer, Tokyo, Cleveland, and Juilliard Quartets, and their live performances have been heard on National Public Radio’s “Performance Today,” and “Live from Music Mountain,” which broadcasts to 125 stations in the U.S. and to 35 countries. The ASQ has recorded for Albany Records and Urtext Digital Classics, and extensively with Centaur Records. In addition to their critically acclaimed recording of the two string quartets of Janácek (“These performances of the Arianna String Quartet demonstrate how technical excellence, in alliance with imagination and the human heart, can come to create something truly transcendent.” - Fanfare), the ASQ has also recently completed their recordings of the Complete String Quartets of Beethoven (“I can’t stop listening to these performances. They thrill me, enthrall me, and arouse emotional responses in me of an intensity that can’t be described.” - Fanfare).
Violinists John McGrosso and Julia Sakharova, violist Joanna Mendoza, and cellist Kurt Baldwin of the Arianna String Quartet serve on the faculty at the University of Missouri-St. Louis as professors of their respective instruments. On the UMSL campus, the ASQ presents their own concert series, and also enriches the academic experience of students outside of the Music Department by visiting classes in physics, business, history, philosophy, art, and language to actively demonstrate the interdisciplinary connections between music and these seemingly disparate disciplines. The ASQ also presents an interdisciplinary performance and lecture series “First Mondays with the ASQ,” at KWMU, St. Louis Public Radio. The Arianna String Quartet were recipients of the 2022 University of Missouri-St. Louis Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Collaborative Research and Creativity.
For over ten years, the Arianna String Quartet has directed the Intensive Quartet Program at the Festival of Music in Santa Catarina, Brazil, working every year with young professional quartets from throughout South America. Additional highlights for 2022-23 have included concerts throughout the United States, returns to Madeline Island Chamber Music in Wisconsin, the Music Mountain Concert Series in Connecticut, the Cedar Valley Chamber Music Festival in Iowa, and performances at the Jazz and Classics Music Festival in Juneau, as well as concerts in Anchorage and Sitka, Alaska. The ASQ also hosts their own summer chamber music festival in St. Louis each June, featuring young quartets and students from the US and abroad. More information about the Arianna Chamber Music Festival can be found at ariannacmf.org.
For more information, please visit ariannaquartet.com.
Incorporated in 2019 as a non-profit after decades of private funding, the Eureka Chamber Music Series serves to enrich the cultural landscape of the North Coast by bringing world-class musicians to Humboldt County, and by ensuring that the mission of ECMS is community supported and sustainable. Public concerts presented in Eureka and Arcata, as well as county-wide educational outreach programs, are funded through the generosity of local businesses, individuals, and foundations, as well as by subscription and individual ticket sales.
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