Miro Quartet Opens International Chamber Music Series Tonight

The dynamic Miró Quartet enjoys its place at the top of the international chamber music scene. Now in its second decade, this American quartet continues to captivate audiences with its startling intensity, fresh perspective, and mature approach. Founded in 1995 at the Oberlin Conservatory, the Miró Quartet met with immediate success, winning first prize at the 50th annual Coleman Chamber Music Competition in April 1996. In 2005, the Quartet received the Cleveland Quartet Award and was the first ensemble ever to be awarded the coveted Avery Fisher Career Grant. The first of five string quartets to perform on the International Chamber Music Series this season, the ensemble will perform a program that includes a newly commissioned string quartet by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Gunther Schuller.

Miró Quartet will be performing tonight, November 18, 2014 at Meany Hall on the University of Washington campus at 7:30pm.

Program:
Haydn: Quartet in D minor, Op. 76, No. 2, ("Fifths")
Schuller: Quartet No. 5 (world premiere season)
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59, No. 3

Tickets: http://uwworldseries.org/; 206-543-4880

The Miró Quartet, one of America's highest-profile chamber groups, enjoys its place at the top of the international chamber music scene garnering praise from audiences and critics alike. The 2014-2015 season will bring the Miró Quartet back to Washington's Kennedy Center, in addition to performances in Seattle, Houston, Los Angeles, Detroit, as well as a complete Beethoven Quartet Cycle in Buffalo, New York and Tokyo, Japan, to name a few. A favorite of summer music festivals, the Quartet has appeared frequently at the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Music@Menlo and Chamber Music Northwest. Formed in 1995, the Miró Quartet took first prizes at several national and international competitions including the Banff International String Quartet Competition and the Naumburg Chamber Music Competition. In 2005, the Miró Quartet became the first ensemble ever to be awarded the coveted Avery Fisher Career Grant. Deeply committed to music education, the Miró Quartet is currently the Faculty String Quartet-in-Residence at the Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin.