hermes quartet to perform at schnEIder concert series
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NEW YORK (February 18) -- The New School's Mannes College for Music’s professional chamber music series, the Schneider Concerts, presents the Hermès Quartet, winner of the 2011 Geneva International Music Competition, in a program that features Haydn and Schubert, as well as a Schumann quartet that was featured on the group’s most recent prize-winning recording. The performance will take place on Sunday, March 8, 2015 at 2p.m. in The Auditorium at 66 W. 12th Street at The New School. Call 212-229-5873 or click here for tickets and information. Sunday, March 8, 2015, 2:00 p.m. Winner 2012 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmeleh Competition Franz Joseph Haydn String Quartet in B Minor, Op. 33, No. 1 (1781) Program approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes including intermission Single tickets on sale now: The highly acclaimed Paris-based Hermès Quartet has appeared in major European venues and as winner of the 2012 Young Concerts Artists International Auditions, made its U.S. debut to great critical response at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. Since the group formed in 2008 at the Lyon Conservatory, the Hermès Quartet has won many prizes: 2013 NORDMETALL Ensemble Prize from the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern; First Prize at the 2011 Geneva International Music Competition and the “Coup de Coeur Breguet” prize, which brought them a recording on the Ysaÿe Records/Nascor label; First Prize in the 2011 European Young Concert Artists Auditions in Leipzig, Germany; First Prize at the 2010 European Chamber Music Competition in Paris; and First Prize at the 2009 Lyon International Music Competition, along with three special awards and the Bayer “Coup de Coeur” prize. |
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Hailed in The New York Times as “one of the best deals in town for lovers of classical music,” for nearly six decades, Mannes College The New School for Music’s Schneider Concerts series has presented outstanding young artists and ensembles at non-exclusionary ticket prices. The series stays young by keeping in touch with the next generation of classical music leaders, while remaining connected to a remarkable history that includes the New York debuts of pianist Peter Serkin and the Guarneri, Cleveland, and Vermeer String Quartets and TASHI. Artists such as Yefim Bronfman, Richard Goode, Jaime Laredo, Yo Yo Ma, and Murray Perahia were introduced to New York audiences early in their careers. The series was founded at The New School in 1957 as New School Concerts by violinist and conductor Alexander Schneider, who led the series until his death in 1993, at which time the series was renamed The Schneider Concerts in his honor. Artistic leadership is now under the auspices of a committee of noted musicians: Pamela Frank, Jaime Laredo, Cho-Liang Lin, Arnold Steinhardt, and Michael Tree. |
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