Music Mondays: The Miró Quartet
Free (RSVP available)
- Daniel Ching, violin
- William Fedkenheuer, violin
- John Largess, viola
- Joshua Gindele, cello
George Walker — Lyric for Strings
Caroline Shaw — Microfictions, Vol. 1 for string quartet
Kevin Puts — Home
One of America's most celebrated string quartets, the "impressive" Miró Quartet (The New York Times) is beloved for their interpretations of the classics as well as new music. They share both in a program featuring Beethoven's final quartet, Op. 135, alongside Caroline Shaw's new Microfictions and Kevin Puts's Home, inspired by the refugee crisis and photographs of displaced families searching for a new home. "In the Miró's performance, all of the notes are delivered with remarkable precision and intra-ensemble timing that resemble the workings of a finely calibrated timepiece…." (Fanfare)
Reserving tickets: Doors open at 6:45pm for those with Eventbrite registrations. Your reservation is for general admission, so we encourage you to arrive early to secure your preferred seat. PLEASE NOTE: Guests with reservations MUST arrive no later than 7:20pm. Any seats that have not been claimed by 7:20pm will be released to the Standby Line. We cannot guarantee you a seat if you arrive after 7:20pm.
Reservations sold out? Don't worry! We have a standby line at each performance. We encourage you to line up early and we will do our best to accommodate you. It is rare that Music Mondays turns anyone away.
About William Fedkenheuer, violin
About John Largess, viola
Violist John Largess began his studies in Boston at age 12 in the public schools, studying with Michael Zaretsky of the Boston Symphony, and later as a student of Michael Tree at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. In 1995, he graduated from Yale University to join the Colorado String Quartet as interim violist with whom he toured the United States and Canada teaching and concertizing. The following year he was appointed principal violist of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra in South Carolina, a position he held until joining the Miro Quartet in 1997. Also an active speaker and writer about all things chamber?musical, in 2004 Mr. Largess was invited to give a week?long audience lecture series as a part of the Eighth International String Quartet Competition at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Alberta, Canada; he repeated this series in 2007, and will do so again in 2010. With his training in Greek and Latin Literature and his Bachelor's degree in Archeology from Yale University, as well as studies at the Hebrew University in Israel, he has participated in excavations in Greece, Israel, and Jordan. John loves to cook gourmet cuisine, particularly French pastry and fine desserts; luckily, he also enjoys exercising. John is a trained yoga instructor, having studied Vinyasa Power Yoga with Baron Baptiste. He also practices Kundalini, Bikram, and Astanga styles, and teaches yoga at 24 Hour Fitness and the Bodhi Yoga studio in Austin, Texas where he lives. When not standing on his head, he enjoys making his Tibetan Singing Bowl sing. John serves as Senior Lecturer and Coordinator of String Chamber Music at the University of Texas at Austin School of Music.
https://music.utexas.edu/about/people/john-largess