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The legendary Emerson Quartet joins Performance Santa Fe for their farewell tour
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Contact: Helen Pinch, Marketing Communications Coordinator
(505) 984-8759
Santa Fe, NM, August 12, 2022 - The Emerson Quartet returns for one final night! Nearly thirty years since their first appearance with Performance Santa Fe in 1995, the legendary group returns to town on their farewell tour. With an artistic legacy spanning four decades, the Emerson Quartet is without a doubt one of the foremost chamber music ensembles in the world. Its repertory spanning hundreds of pieces, the Quartet has brought “audacity and freshness” (Boston Globe) to the world’s most distinguished concert halls and has collaborated with numerous composers, maestros, and soloists to great acclaim— nine Grammys, three Gramophone Awards, and Musical America’s “Ensemble of the Year'' award, to name just a few. Emerson Quartet’s impact on the world of chamber music has been undeniable: "With musicians like this there must be some hope for humanity." (The Times, London) Don’t miss your last chance to see the historic ensemble perform some of their most beloved repertoire.
Emerson Quartet: Farewell Tour
September 12, 2022 | 7:30 p.m.
Lensic Performing Arts Center
211 W San Francisco
Santa Fe, NM 87501
$35-$115
$20 Rush tickets and student/family discounts available
To purchase tickets, visit www.PerformanceSantaFe.org or call 505 984 8759
Emerson Quartet
Farewell Tour
Eugene Drucker, violin (first in Mozart, Webern, and Shostakovich)
Philip Setzer, violin (first in Ravel)
Lawrence Dutton, viola
Paul Watkins, cello
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K. 421/417b
Maurice Ravel
String Quartet in F Major
Anton Webern
Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9
Dmitri Shostakovich
String Quartet No. 12 in D-flat major, Op. 133
Underwritten through the generosity of Elisabeth and Alan Lerner
Season Sponsors: Ann Murphy and William W. Daily; Leah Gordon
About the Emerson Quartet
The Emerson String Quartet has maintained its status as one of the world’s premier chamber music ensembles for more than four decades. “With musicians like this,” wrote a reviewer for The Times (London), “there must be some hope for humanity.” The Quartet has made more than 30 acclaimed recordings and has been honored with nine GRAMMYs® (including two for Best Classical Album), three Gramophone Awards, the Avery Fisher Prize, and Musical America’s “Ensemble of the Year” award. The Quartet collaborates with some of today’s most esteemed composers to premiere new works, keeping the string quartet form alive and relevant. The group has partnered in performance with such stellar soloists as Renée Fleming, Barbara Hannigan, Evgeny Kissin, Emanuel Ax, and Yefim Bronfman, to name a few.
The Quartet’s extensive discography includes the complete string quartets of Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Bartok, Webern, and Shostakovich, as well as multi-CD sets of the major works of Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, and Dvorak. In 2018, Deutsche Grammophon issued a box of the Emerson Complete Recordings on the label. In October 2020, the group released a recording of Schumann’s three string quartets for the Pentatone label. In the preceding year, the Quartet joined forces with GRAMMY®-winning pianist Evgeny Kissin to release their debut collaborative album for Deutsche Grammophon, recorded live at a sold-out Carnegie Hall concert in 2018.
Formed in 1976 and based in New York City, the Emerson String Quartet was one of the first quartets to have its violinists alternate in the first chair position. The Quartet, which takes its name from the American poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson, balances busy performing careers with a commitment to teaching, and serves as Quartet-in-Residence at Stony Brook University. In 2013, cellist Paul Watkins—a distinguished soloist, award-wining conductor, and devoted chamber musician—joined the original members of the Quartet to form today’s group.
In the spring of 2016, the State University of New York awarded full-time Stony Brook faculty members Philip Setzer and Lawrence Dutton the status of Distinguished Professor and conferred the title of Honorary Distinguished Professor on part-time faculty members Eugene Drucker and Paul Watkins. The Quartet’s members also hold honorary doctorates from Middlebury College, the College of Wooster, Bard College, and the University of Hartford. In January of 2015, the Quartet received the Richard J. Bogomolny National Service Award, Chamber Music America’s highest honor, in recognition of its significant and lasting contribution to the chamber music field.
ABOUT PERFORMANCE SANTA FE
Performance Santa has been bringing the very best of music, dance, and theater to iconic Santa Fe locations since 1937. Now in its 86th season, the organization upholds excellence in the performing arts and brings joy and enrichment to the community. Alongside its extensive performance season, the organization runs three dynamic, exciting, and inclusive educational programs for students in the community— Arts for Life, the Masterclass Series, and the Field Trip Series. PSF’s 2022-2023 season brings 26 performances to Santa Fe and celebrates the diverse possibilities of artistic expression. Learn more at www.PerformanceSantaFe.org. Performance Santa Fe is a 501(c)(3) not- for-profit organization.
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