Peoples' Symphony Concerts: Elias Quartet
$20.80 ($10.40 student/essential worker)
- Sara Bitlloch, violin
- Donald Grant, violin
- Simone van der Giessen, viola
- Marie Bitlloch, cello
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel — String Quartet in E-flat major
Felix Mendelssohn — String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80
One of Europe's great young ensembles, the Elias String Quartet, performs the last quartet compositions of Haydn and Felix Mendelssohn, as well as Fanny Mendelssohn's sole quartet.
About Elias String Quartet
The Elias String Quartet take their name from Mendelssohn's oratorio, Elijah, of which Elias is its German form, and have quickly established themselves as one of the most intense and vibrant quartets of their generation. The Quartet was formed in 1998 at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester where they worked closely with the late Dr. Christopher Rowland. They also spent a year studying at the Hochschule in Cologne with the Alban Berg quartet. Between 2005 and 2009 they were resident String Quartet at Sheffield's "Music in the Round" as part of Ensemble 360, taking over from the Lindsay Quartet. They are now ensemble in residence at the RNCM and regularly go back there to teach and perform.
https://eliasstringquartet.com/About Peoples' Symphony Concerts
Peoples' Symphony Concerts mission is to serve the citizens of the New York area who are on a limited budget by presenting classical music performances of the highest caliber at affordable ticket prices.
https://www.pscny.org/About Sara Bitlloch, violin
About Donald Grant, violin
About Simone van der Giessen, viola
Violist Simone van der Giessen was born in Amsterdam in 1984. Since the age of 5, music and the violin have played an important role in her life. In 2002, Simone moved to the U.K. to continue her studies with Jan Repko at the Royal Northern College of Music. It was in Manchester, that as a founding member of the Navarra String Quartet, chamber music became the centre of her musical life. In 2004 she began studying viola with Predrag Katanic and after graduating in June 2006 with First Class Honours she won the RNCM’s Cecil Aronowitz Prize for viola and performed Walton’s concerto for viola with the RNCM Symphony Orchestra. In 2009 she performed in the Royal Festival Hall with pianist Amy de Sybel after receiving a Martin Music Scholarship.
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