DALI QUARTET
Postlude MAYUMI TSUCHIDA

Reynaldo Hahn: String Quartet No.2 (ed. Alexander Platt)
Eleanor Alberga: String Quartet No.1 (1993)
Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No.1 in D Major

This program also celebrates the 150th birthday of the great Venezuelan composer Reynaldo Hahn, who moved to Paris and became a noted friend and colleague of Maurice Ravel….very lush and romantic in style.

Ari Isaacman-Beck, violin
Carlos Rubio, violin
Adriana Linares, viola
Jesús Morales, cello

POSTLUDE @6:30pm
MAYUMI TSUCHIDA, piano: The World of Clara Schumann
Piano Sonata in G Minor; Nocturne, Op.6, No.2; Three Fugitive Pieces, Op.15

The DALÍ QUARTET is acclaimed for bringing Latin American quartet repertoire to an equal standing alongside the Classical and Romantic canon. Tours of its Classical Roots, Latin Soul programming have reached enthusiastic audiences across the U.S., Canada and South America. Its fresh approach has been sought out by distinguished series in New York, Toronto, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, Seattle, San Juan and countless communities beyond. The quartet has been called upon for return engagements at the National Gallery of Art, Friends of Chamber Music in Portland, Chamber Music at Beall, and the SA’OAXACA International Music Festival in México among others. Upcoming appearances include the Bravo!Vail Music Festival, Virginia Arts Festival, Princeton University Summer Chamber Concerts and Maverick Concerts.

In addition to works of the masters from Haydn to Brahms and Amaya to Piazzolla, the group’s adventurous and entertaining programming includes new works for quartet with percussionist Orlando Cotto, and quintets both Latin and Classical with the renowned clarinetist Ricardo Morales, principal clarinetist of The Philadelphia Orchestra, and with acclaimed pianist Vanessa Perez. The Dalí Quartet has an ongoing collaboration with the Van Cliburn Competition’s gold-medal winning pianist Olga Kern, with whom they have toured from coast to coast and recorded the piano quintets of Brahms and Shostakovich released on the Delos label.

The Dalí Quartet is the 2021 recipient of Chamber Music America’s Guarneri String Quartet Residency, funded by the Sewell Family Foundation, and the 2021 Silver Medal at the inaugural Piazzolla Music Competition. The quartet is also the 2019 recipient of the Atlanta Symphony’s esteemed Aspire Award for accomplished African American and Latino Musicians.

The Dalí is devoted to audience development and to reaching communities of all kinds. The group’s Latin Fiesta Workshops and Family Concerts in both traditional and innovative settings move listeners – literally! The Dalí Quartet is sought after for master classes and professional development workshops for students, (recently at the National Repertory Orchestra, Miami University, Michigan State, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Iowa) and has opened musical vistas for younger kids with its week-long Any Given Child programs (over three seasons for the Tulsa Public School System). In addition, the quartet’s International Music Festival is an admired chamber music and orchestral program founded in 2004 which develops the performance skills of young musicians up through semi-professional level. The Dalí has also served as a guest resident ensemble at Lehigh University.

Trained by world-renowned artists, members of the Dalí Quartet are from Venezuela, Puerto Rico and the US, and have degrees from esteemed institutions including the New England Conservatory, Cleveland Institute of Music, Juilliard, Indiana University Bloomington, and the Simón Bolivar Conservatory in Caracas, Venezuela. The quartet is based in Philadelphia, PA.

MAYUMI TSUCHIDA has appeared in some of the most notable concert halls in the world including Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, Steinway Hall, Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Vienna Konzerthaus, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, Slovak Radio Concert Hall and Berlin Konzerthaus. She has performed at The Verbier Festival Academy in Switzerland, the International Holland Music Sessions, the Euro Music Festival in Germany, the Yellowbarn Music Festival, the Heifetz International Music Institute and at the Music@Menlo Festival in California.

Mayumi began piano studies at the age of three and performed her first solo recital at the age of seven. In 2000, she co-founded the Luna Trio while a student at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. In 2007, the trio was selected by San Francisco’s 7×7 Magazine to be included in their annual list of significant contributors to life in the Bay Area by people under the age of 30. She made her Carnegie Hall debut with the trio when they were selected to perform on the PBS national TV broadcast, “From the Top: Live at Carnegie Hall”. They were also featured on the radio counterpart of “From the Top” and on a regional radio broadcast on KQED’s “West Coast Live.’

Reserved Hall Seats: $55, $31, $27/$24 (partial obstruction)
General Admission/Outdoors/Uncovered: $20, Students: $10

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