Town Music: Verona Quartet with Joshua Roman
$25 online or in-person (ages 22 & under free)
- Verona Quartet
- Joshua Roman, cello
Franz Schubert — String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163 "Cello Quintet"
Roydon Tse — Blank Canvas (U.S. premiere)
The young Verona Quartet is experiencing a meteoric rise to the upper echelon of international chamber music, boosted by the Cleveland Quartet Award they scored last year from Chamber Music America, and a new position as the quartet-in-residence at Oberlin Conservatory. The quartet members and Joshua Roman share a passion for advancing the work of living composers; they join forces for Teen Murti by the Indian-American composer Reena Esmail in a version commissioned by Roman. Using the same distinctive configuration with two cellos, they’ll also perform a String Quintet that Schubert wrote in his final months, which seems to make time stand still and hurt melt away with its glorious affirmations of life and music.
A one-night-only livestream of this event will be available.
Please note: Masks and proof of vaccination are required for in-person attendance. Click here to read about Town Hall Seattle's in-building safety policies: https://townhallseattle.org/plan-your-visit/building-policies/
About Verona Quartet
Acclaimed as an "outstanding ensemble…cohesive yet full of temperament" (The New York Times), the Verona Quartet has firmly established itself amongst the most distinguished ensembles on the chamber music scene today. The group's singular sense of purpose earned them Chamber Music America's coveted 2020 Cleveland Quartet Award, and a reputation for its "bold interpretive strength, robust characterization and commanding resonance" (Calgary Herald). The Quartet serves on the faculty of the Oberlin College and Conservatory as the Quartet-in-Residence. In addition to its position at Oberlin, the Quartet recently held residencies at Nova Scotia's Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance, North Carolina's Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle and the ENCORE Chamber Music Institute. As committed advocates of diverse programming, the Verona Quartet curated the UpClose Chamber Music Series on behalf of the COT, electrifying audiences with their "sensational, powerhouse performance[s]" (Classical Voice America).
http://www.veronaquartet.com/