ChiaraQuartet.net is home to the acclaimed string quartet
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The Chiara String Quartet Online
Description
Lauded for "flawless ensemble" and "intense, riveting" performances, the Chiara String Quartet (Rebecca Fischer and Julie Yoon, violins; Jonah Sirota, viola; and Gregory Beaver, cello) is at the forefront of a new generation of exceptional American quartets. Among its awards and honors is a First Prize at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, top prizes at the Premio Paolo Borciani International Competition and the Young Concert Artists International Auditions and a win at the Astral Artistic Services Audition, placing the group on the Astral roster of outstanding young artists launching major professional careers. The Chiara was selected as the Juilliard School's Lisa Arnhold resident quartet from 2003-2005. In addition, the quartet recently accepted a newly-created post as artists-in-residence at the School of Music of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
The Chiara Quartet has performed in major venues as diverse as Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall, and Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall in New York, the American Academy in Rome, Philadelphia's Kimmel Center, and Harris Hall in Aspen, Colorado. They have collaborated with Dawn Upshaw, Norman Fischer, Paul Katz, and James Tocco, as well as members of the Orion, Ying, Cavani, and Pacifica Quartets. Active in commissioning and championing new pieces, they have premiered award-winning works by Gabriela Lena Frank, Jefferson Friedman, and Nico Muhly, among others. They have released a series of premiere recordings of new masterworks under the New Voice Singles label, including Robert Sirota's Triptych and Gabriela Lena Frank's Leyendas, an Andean Walkabout.
The members of the Chiara Quartet have mentored young musicians at Juilliard, Greenwood Music Camp, and Chamber Music at Snowmass, and have founded the Red River Chamber Music Festival, a new summer festival in Grand Forks, North Dakota. In addition, the quartet is taking a lead in developing a groundbreaking program in music entrepreneurship at the University of Nebraska. At the heart of their educational work is the belief that great live performance is the best way to connect people to music. In the words of Tim Smith of the Baltimore Sun, "this award-winning foursome clearly has what it takes to make a lasting mark in the chamber music world."
Contact
- The Chiara String Quartet Inc.
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- Lincoln NE
- United States 68516
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- +1.9179680190
