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Meccore String Quartet Performs Haydn, Szymanowski, and Sibelius
La Jolla, C.A.—ArtPower at UC San Diego presents the Meccore String Quartet on Friday, March 4, at 8 p.m. Praised for their flawlessly executed, breathtaking performances, the visionary quartet will perform Franz Joseph Haydn’s String Quartet in C Major, Op. 50, No. 2; Karol Szymanowski’s String Quartet No.1 in C Major, Op. 37; and Jean Sibelius’ String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 56, “Voces intimae.” The evening performance is part of ArtPower’s chamber music series and takes place at the Department of Music’s Conrad Prebys Concert Hall at UC San Diego, with a pre-performance ArtTalk at 7 p.m. at The Loft. Tickets for event are $36–54 and can be ordered online at boxoffice.ucsd.edu or by calling the box office at 858.534.TIXS (8497). Additional program information can be found at artpower.ucsd.edu.
Formed in 2007 by four of Europe’s most celebrated young string players, Meccore performs extensively throughout the continent. The players of the quartet are postgraduates at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, and collaborates with pianist Alfred Brendel on interpretations of Beethoven’s music. The quartet won second prize—along with three additional special awards—at the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition in April 2012, as well as numerous top prizes at other competitions. Adam Suprynowicz from Muzkya w Mieście (Music in the City) expresses that the quartet “possesses a perfect command of form and charming lyricism.”
About the Chamber Music Series
The UC San Diego campus community has always enjoyed chamber music performances, a tradition established by many of our founding faculty members. The origins of our Chamber Music series have their roots in the university concert series inaugurated in 1963. In 1996, Robert and Sonia Hamburger, both avid chamber music supporters and both on the faculty at UC San Diego, established the Hamburger Endowment Fund. When ArtPower was created in 2004, the Chamber Music series became an integral part of the program.
About ArtPower
ArtPower at UC San Diego builds creative experiences in music, dance, film, exhibition, and food for our collective pleasure and inspiration. We engage diverse audiences through vibrant, challenging, multi-disciplinary performances by emerging and renowned international artists. Through extensive partnerships, ArtPower provides exciting opportunities for research, participation, and creation of new work, igniting powerful dialogue between artists, students, scholars, and the community.
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