Juilliard String Quartet Returns To Chamber Music Society Of Detroit

The Juilliard String Quartet returns to the Chamber Music Society of Detroit Signature Series Saturday, November 18 at 8 PM, performing two quartets by Beethoven as well as the midwest premiere of "Why is this Night Different?" by Scottish composer James MacMillan. The concert takes place at Seligman Performing Arts Center, 22305 West 13 Mile Road in Beverly Hills.

Tickets are priced at $25 - $65 ($12.50 - $32.50 for students) and are available by phone at 313-335-3300 or online at www.CMSDetroit.org.

Concert Information at a Glance:

The Chamber Music Society of Detroit presents

Juilliard String Quartet

Saturday, November 18, 2017, 8 PM

Seligman Performing Arts Center, 22305 West 13 Mile Road, Beverly Hills, MI

Program:

Beethoven: String Quartet in A major, Op. 18, No. 5

James MacMillan: Why is this Night Different? (midwest premiere)

Beethoven: String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 127

Free for ticketholders, 7:00 - 7:30 PM: Pre-Concert Conversation with Joseph Lin, first violinist of the Juilliard Quartet, about the evening's repertoire.

Tickets: $25 - $65; half price for students ($12.50 - $32.50). Purchase tickets by phone at 313-335-3300 or online at www.CMSDetroit.org.

This concert is made possible in part with support from Azimuth Capital Management, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the Dr. I Harold and Gertrude S. Friedman Endowed Fund.

About the Artists

Founded in 1946, and widely known as "the quintessential American string quartet," the Juilliard Quartet has long been recognized in both its live concerts and recordings for the boldness of its interpretation of the classics, with an equal and parallel tradition of championing the new.

Having welcomed cellist Astrid Schween and celebrated its 70th anniversary last season, the Juilliard String Quartet marks the 2017-18 season with return appearances at major series across the U.S. and in Europe, continuing its acclaimed annual performances in Detroit (the fourth of a five-year annual engagement), Philadelphia, and at the Ravinia Festival, along with numerous concerts at home in New York City, including appearances at Lincoln Center and Town Hall.

Its recordings of the Bartok and Schoenberg Quartets, as well as those of Debussy, Ravel and Beethoven won Grammy Awards, and in 2011 the Quartet became the first classical music ensemble to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. In 2014 Sony Classical reissued the Quartet's landmark recordings of the first four Elliott Carter String Quartets together with the more recently recorded Carter Quartet No. 5, making a complete historical document. In the seven decades of its association with The Juilliard School, the quartet has mentored some of the world's foremost ensembles, including the American, Brentano, Concord, Emerson, LaSalle, Shanghai, St. Lawrence, Tokyo, and Whitman string quartets.