Award-Winning Quartet at SBU

The Carducci String Quartet, winner of the 2007 Concert Artists Guild Competition and considered one of Europe’s top young quartets, will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 10, at St. Bonaventure University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.

The performance will include quartets by Dvorak, Philip Glass, Haydn and Schubert. It is presented by Friends of Good Music in association with The Quick Center.

The Carducci String Quartet was hailed by The Times of London as “stunning … clearly musicians of high intelligence.” In addition to winning the Concert Artists Guild Competition, the quartet also captured first prize at Finland’s Kuhmo International Chamber Music Competition and major awards at chamber music competitions in Bordeaux, London and Osaka.

“Through our longstanding collaboration with Concert Artists Guild we have been able to present some of the most outstanding young musicians from both Europe and the United States to the Olean audiences in innovative programs,” said Joseph A. LoSchiavo, associate vice president and executive director of The Quick Center. “The Carducci String Quartet now joins the Antares chamber ensemble, the Amstel Saxophone Quartet, violinist Jessica Lee, and the Quartet New Generation as audience favorites at The Quick Center. It is always exciting to host these young artists on the way to their international careers.”

After its current North American tour, which includes a Carnegie Hall debut at Weill Recital Hall, the quartet heads to the studio to record the string quartets of Philip Glass for the Naxos label. The ensemble has established its own record label, Carducci Classics, and launched it with a CD of Haydn quartets and two discs featuring 20th century works by Graham Whettam and Joseph Horovitz.

The Carducci String Quartet is composed of two married couples, one English and one Irish. The name “Carducci” was bestowed upon the quartet by the mayor of that Italian city after he heard the ensemble in numerous concerts at the Castagnetto-Carducci Festival. The Carducci Quartet has been in residence at the 2006 Aldeburgh Festival and recently launched its own festival in Gloucestershire, England.

This performance is supported in part by the New York State Council on the Arts. For tickets and information, call The Quick Center at (716) 375-2494.

The center opens its galleries one hour before each Friends of Good Music performance and the galleries remain open throughout intermission. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Museum admission is free and open to the public, year round. For more information go to www.sbu.edu/quickcenter.

Pictured, members of the Carducci String Quartet include Matthew Denton, violin; Michelle Flaming, violin; Emma Denton, cello; and Eoin Schmidt-Martin, viola