Come to the William Tell Coleman Library at MIIS for a free spring concert by the Enso String Quartet, Thursday, April 25, 5:30 pm, presented by Chamber Music Monterey Bay.
The Grammy-nominated Enso String Quartet has quickly become one of the country’s most exciting young ensembles. Praised for their “edge-of-the-seat vitality” (Houston Chronicle), the group is equally at home in many styles, and is committed to the classics of the string quartet repertoire as well as being strong advocates for new music. Shortly after the group’s inception at Yale University in 1999, Enso had success at the Banff International String Quartet Competition and won the Concert Artists Guild International Competition, and has consistently received high praise for performances ever since. The quartet’s debut recording was described by Strad Magazine as “an auspicious start to their recording career.” The Enso String Quartet members hold degrees from Yale University, The Juilliard School, Curtis Institute of Music, New England Conservatory, Guildhall School of Music (UK) and the University of Canterbury (New Zealand). Together they held residencies at Northern Illinois University with the Vermeer Quartet and at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University.
The ensemble’s name, enso, is derived from the Japanese zen painting of the circle which represents many things; perfection and imperfection, the moment of chaos that is creation, the emptiness of the void, the endless circle of life, and the fullness of the spirit.
link to artist page: http://www.ensoquartet.com/
link to our concert page: http://www.chambermusicmontereybay.org/?page_id=142
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