CMNW: Sinta Saxophone Quartet – American Voices

• Soovin Kim, violin
• Sinta Saxophone Quartet
• Gilles Vonsattel, piano

György Ligeti — Six Bagatelles (arr. for saxophone quartet)
Kristin Kuster — Red Pine
John Mackey — Unquiet Spirits
Mark O'Connor — Appalachia Waltz (arr. Dan Graser)
Chris Rogerson — Meditation for Violin and Saxophone Quartet (world premiere)
George Gershwin — Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Alistair Coleman for piano & saxophone quartet)

The acclaimed Sinta Quartet is on a mission to bring the versatility, unique sound, and excitement of the saxophone to audiences everywhere. Immerse yourself in this entertaining program influenced by jazz and folk styles. Artistic Director Soovin Kim and pianist Gilles Vonsattel will be featured in concerto-like works with the Sinta Quartet, including a new arrangement of Rhapsody in Blue.

Attending in person: Please review CMNW's current COVID-19 Protocols before attending this event: https://cmnw.org/docs/content/REVISED_2-2_COVID_Ticket_Agreement.pdf

Attending online: The online virtual broadcast of this concert premieres Friday, August 5 at 7pm Pacific, and will be available through Wednesday, August 31 at 11:59pm Pacific. Available with purchase of a 2022 Summer Festival At-Home Series Pass.

For those on-the-go this summer, geographically challenged, or not ready to come to the concert hall, the AT-HOME Pass offers you the opportunity to fulfill your musical desires. While it doesn't quite match the magnificence of a live concert, our expertly produced performances offer a satisfying "as if you were there" viewing experience.

About Chamber Music Northwest (CMNW)

Chamber Music Northwest serves more than 50,000 people annually in Oregon and SW Washington with exceptional chamber music through over 100 events annually, including our flagship Summer Festival, year-round concerts, community activities, educational programs, broadcasts, and innovative collaborations with other arts groups. CMNW is the only chamber music festival of its kind in the Northwest and one of the most diverse classical music experiences in the nation, virtually unparalleled in comparable communities.

Chamber Music Northwest's mission is to inspire our community through concerts and events celebrating the richness and diversity of chamber music, performed by artists of the highest caliber, presenting our community with exceptional opportunities for enjoyment, education, and reflection.

https://cmnw.org/

About Soovin Kim, violin

Soovin Kim enjoys a broad musical career regularly performing Bach sonatas and Paganini caprices for solo violin, sonatas for violin and piano ranging from Beethoven to Ives, Mozart and Haydn concertos and symphonies as a conductor, and new world-premiere works almost every season. When he was 20 years old, Kim received first prize at the Paganini International Violin Competition. He immersed himself in the string quartet literature for 20 years as the first violinist of the Johannes Quartet. Among his many commercial recordings are his “thrillingly triumphant” (Classic FM Magazine) disc of Paganini's demanding 24 Caprices, and a two-disc set of Bach's complete solo violin works that were released in 2022.

Kim is the founder and artistic director of the Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival (LCCMF) in Burlington, Vermont. In addition to its explorative programming and extensive work with living composers, LCCMF created the ONE Strings program through which all third- through fifth-grade students of the Integrated Arts Academy in Burlington study violin. The University of Vermont recognized Soovin Kim's work by bestowing an Honorary Doctorate upon him in 2015. In 2020, he and his wife, pianist Gloria Chien, became Artistic Directors of Chamber Music Northwest in Portland, Oregon. He, with Chien, were awarded Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's 2021 CMS Award for Extraordinary Service to Chamber Music. Kim devotes much of his time to his passion for teaching at the New England Conservatory in Boston, and the Yale School of Music in New Haven.

https://cmnw.org/artists/artists/soovin-kim/28/

About Sinta Saxophone Quartet

Dan Graser, soprano saxophone |
Zach Stern, alto saxophone |
Joe Girard, tenor saxophone |
Danny Hawthorne-Foss, baritone saxophone

https://www.sintaquartet.com/

About Gilles Vonsattel, piano

https://www.gillesvonsattel.com/