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34th Annual Rockport Chamber Music Festival Opens with Yo-Yo Ma
The 34th Rockport Chamber Music Festival Opens with Yo-Yo Ma Celebrating 20 Years of David Deveau’s Artistic Leadership
On Friday, June 5, at 6 pm, Rockport Music opens its 34th Annual Rockport Chamber Music Festival with a solo concert by world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma. The Opening Night Gala honors Artistic Director David Deveau for his 20 years of artistic leadership and celebrates the fifth anniversary of the opening of the Shalin Liu Performance Center. Yo-Yo Ma’s concert program is:
SAYGUN: Partita
BACH: Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
CRUMB: Sonata for solo cello
BACH: Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009
Tickets: Sold-out
On Saturday, June 6 at 8 pm, the Shanghai Quartet, hailed for performances of “stunning authenticity and presence” (The Washington Post), performs:
BEETHOVEN: Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 18 No. 6 BARBER: String Quartet BEETHOVEN: Quartet in F major, Op. 59 No. 1
Formed at the Shanghai Conservatory, the Shanghai Quartet has worked with the world’s most distinguished artists and regularly tours the major music centers of Europe, North America and Asia. They have performed at the most distinguished festivals and concert halls, including Ravinia, Tanglewood, and Ottawa International festivals, as well as residencies at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and the Oregon Bach Festival. In a collaboration with Chanticleer, the Quartet presented the Asian premiere of Chen Yi’s From the Path of Beauty and has a long history of championing new music. The Quartet has built an extensive discography totaling over 25 recordings, and in 2003, released its most popular CD Chinasong featuring a collection of Chinese folk songs arranged by Yi-Wen Jiang. The Quartet has appeared in a diverse and interesting array of media projects, ranging from a cameo appearance in the Woody Allen film “Melinda and Melinda” playing Bartok’s String Quartet No. 4 to the film “Music of the Heart.” The Quartet currently serves as Ensemble-in-Residence at Montclair State University and is the visiting guest professors of the Shanghai Conservatory and the Central Conservatory in China. Tickets: $58, $48, $39
On Sunday, June 7 at 5 pm, the Shanghai Quartet performs with Rockport Music Artistic Director and pianist David Deveau for a program of:
HAYDN: Quartet in G, Op. 77 No. 1 YI-WEN JIANG: Selections from ChinaSong BRAHMS: Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25
Tickets: $65, $55, $45
The rest of the Rockport Chamber Music Festival promises to be one of the best ever with a definite focus on world-renown pianists with performances by Emanuel Ax, Marc-Andre Hamelin, Peter Serkin, the young British wunderkind Benjamin Grosvenor, David Deveau, and Russell Sherman.
All concerts are held at Rockport Music’s Shalin Liu Performance Center celebrating 5 years since the opening of the hall.
For more information, visit our website at www.rockportmusic.org or call 978.546.7391.
Rockport Music is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and is supported in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Tickets: Sold-out
On Saturday, June 6 at 8 pm, the Shanghai Quartet, hailed for performances of “stunning authenticity and presence” (The Washington Post), performs:
BEETHOVEN: Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 18 No. 6 BARBER: String Quartet BEETHOVEN: Quartet in F major, Op. 59 No. 1
Formed at the Shanghai Conservatory, the Shanghai Quartet has worked with the world’s most distinguished artists and regularly tours the major music centers of Europe, North America and Asia. They have performed at the most distinguished festivals and concert halls, including Ravinia, Tanglewood, and Ottawa International festivals, as well as residencies at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and the Oregon Bach Festival. In a collaboration with Chanticleer, the Quartet presented the Asian premiere of Chen Yi’s From the Path of Beauty and has a long history of championing new music. The Quartet has built an extensive discography totaling over 25 recordings, and in 2003, released its most popular CD Chinasong featuring a collection of Chinese folk songs arranged by Yi-Wen Jiang. The Quartet has appeared in a diverse and interesting array of media projects, ranging from a cameo appearance in the Woody Allen film “Melinda and Melinda” playing Bartok’s String Quartet No. 4 to the film “Music of the Heart.” The Quartet currently serves as Ensemble-in-Residence at Montclair State University and is the visiting guest professors of the Shanghai Conservatory and the Central Conservatory in China. Tickets: $58, $48, $39
On Sunday, June 7 at 5 pm, the Shanghai Quartet performs with Rockport Music Artistic Director and pianist David Deveau for a program of:
HAYDN: Quartet in G, Op. 77 No. 1 YI-WEN JIANG: Selections from ChinaSong BRAHMS: Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25
Tickets: $65, $55, $45
The rest of the Rockport Chamber Music Festival promises to be one of the best ever with a definite focus on world-renown pianists with performances by Emanuel Ax, Marc-Andre Hamelin, Peter Serkin, the young British wunderkind Benjamin Grosvenor, David Deveau, and Russell Sherman.
All concerts are held at Rockport Music’s Shalin Liu Performance Center celebrating 5 years since the opening of the hall.
For more information, visit our website at www.rockportmusic.org or call 978.546.7391.
Rockport Music is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and is supported in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
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