The Doric String Quartet will perform a special concert on Friday, Jan. 6, 2012, at 8 p.m. at the Pollard Auditorium on the campus of Oak Ridge Associated Universities in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
The Doric String Quartet has been described by Gramophone magazine as “one of the finest young string quartets,” whose members are “musicians with fascinating things to say.”
The quartet from England has received glowing responses from audiences and critics across the globe. The group has collaborated with a variety of musicians.
Recently, the quartet released its CD of the Schumann String Quartets, which has been chosen “Recording of the Month” in the December 2011 BBC Music magazine. For more information, click here.
According to an article in the Washington Post in November 2010, "The Doric String Quartet keeps genre young and vital. The group projects a sweet, finely blended tone, faultlessly deployed in Haydn's slow movement, where first violinist Alex Redington found subtle colors to embellish a wistful little melody differently each time it returned."
The concert is sponsored by the Cello Leap Studio of Alicia Randisi-Hooker (a member of the Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra), the Tuesday Morning Musical Club and the Oak Ridge Civic Music Association.
Proceeds from the concert will benefit the Tuesday Morning Musical Club scholarship fund and ORCMA’s educational outreach.
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Franz Joseph Haydn’s String Quartet in C, Op. 64, No. 1
Felix Mendelssohn's String Quartet with Jennifer Stumm, viola
Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s String Quartet
In 2008 the quartet won first prize in the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition in Japan, second prize at the Premio Paolo Borciani International String Quartet Competition in Italy and the Ensemble Prize at the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany.
In autumn 2010 the quartet made its highly acclaimed American debut with recitals at the Frick Museum in New York and Library of Congress in Washington. Other recent highlights include recitals at the Berlin Konzerthaus, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Hamburg Laeiszhalle and venues in Brussels, Frankfurt, Lucerne, Milan and Paris.
In addition to their regular appearances at the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, they have performed at the Carinthischer Sommer, Incontri inTerra di Siena, East Neuk, Isle of Man, I Soloisti del Vento and Schwetzinger festivals. They have toured in Japan, Israel, Australia and New Zealand.
Highlights of the 2011-12 season include the quartet's debut at the Vienna Konzerthaus, return tours to the United States (including a residency in Augusta, Ga.) and to Denmark and Israel.
The quartet will also give recitals in Hannover, Geneva and Prague. Engagements in the UK this season include concerts at Wigmore Hall, a "Music in the Round" tour and performances in Manchester and York, as well a continuation of their long-term residency at the Wiltshire Music Centre in Bradford-upon-Avon.
In 2009 the Doric String Quartet's first CD was released to critical acclaim on the Wigmore Live label and was selected as the Editor's Choice in Gramophone, which stated: "The Doric's Haydn sparkles with wit on their impressive [and] very auspicious recording debut."
Since 2010 the quartet has recorded exclusively for Chandos Records. The first CD, the complete Korngold String Quartets, was released in September 2010 and featured as one of the 2010 Critic's Choice discs in Gramophone.
Formed in 1998 at Pro Corda, The National School for Young Chamber Music Players, the Doric String Quartet has studied since 2002 in the Paris-based ProQuartet Professional Training Program, where they worked with members of the Alban Berg, Artemis, Hagen and LaSalle Quartets and with György Kurtag. The quartet continues to work with Rainer Schmidt of the Hagen Quartet.
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Michelle Powell
Executive Director
Phone: 865-483-5569
E-mail: office@orcma.org