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09.15.06

Media Contact: Nancy Condon, Arts at Emory, 404-727-1687, nancy.condon@emory.edu

The Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Presents the Chamber Music Experience of the Season: The Vega String Quartet Performs the Bach-Bartók Cycle

This musical season, Emory University’s new Quartet-in-Residence, the award-winning Vega String Quartet, will perform a series of six concerts spread throughout the season that features some of the most dynamic, exciting and important works of the 18th and 20th centuries: the complete works for solo strings by J.S. Bach and the complete string quartets by Béla Bartók.\

On the cutting edge of the new generation of chamber music ensembles, the Vega String Quartet has attracted international attention for over a decade. After the Vega made its Lincoln Center debut in 2001 The New York Times raved about their "playing that had a kind of clean intoxication to it, pulling the listener along …the musicians took real risks in their music making," and the Los Angeles Times praised their "Triumphant L.A. Debut” in 2002. Other recent engagements include performances in Paris, Cologne, Mexico City, New York, Tokyo, Vancouver and Atlanta. They have appeared at numerous music festivals including Aspen, Mostly Mozart, Rockport, Highlands-Cashiers, Musicorda, Kingston and SummerFest La Jolla, among others. They were the quartet-in-residence at the Van Cliburn Institute and on the artist roster of Carnegie Hall’s New York City Neighborhood Concert series, and in 2003-04 they joined the Community Concerts Association touring ensembles as the only string quartet on their roster.

The quartet’s live broadcast credits include NPR’s “Performance Today” (U.S.), the National Radio of China, Shanghai TV, Radio France, France Musiques and the National Radio of the Czech Republic. In addition, they were Emory Coca-Cola Artists-in-Residence at Emory University, performing the complete cycle of Beethoven quartets and playing and teaching throughout the community. The 2004-05 season included debut tours of Korea and Japan as well as performances at New York’s Bargemusic series and at Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall. Starting in September 2006, the Vega Quartet is the first ever full-time Quartet-in-Residence at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. They will appear at Carnegie’s Weill Hall again in February 2007.

The Vega Quartet has won numerous international competitions, including four of the top six prizes at the 1999 Bordeaux String Quartet Competition (including the international music critics’ prize), the Coleman Chamber Ensemble Competition, the Carmel Chamber Music Competition, and the National Society of Arts and Letters String Quartet Competition.

The members of the quartet have collaborated with some of the world’s finest musicians including Yehudi Menuhin, William Preucil, Sarah Chang, Richard Stoltzman, Robert McDuffie, Eliot Fisk, the Ying Quartet and the St. Petersburg Quartet.

For further information, contact wransom@emory.edu. For tickets, contact the Arts at Emory Box Office at 404-727-5050 or go to www.arts.emory.edu.

EMERSON SERIES

Friday evenings at 8:00 p.m. in Emerson Concert Hall, Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, 1700 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta

Sept. 29, 2006
Bach: Cello Suite no. 1 in G major
Bartók: String Quartet no. 1
Bach: Violin Sonata no. 1 in G minor 

Oct. 20, 2006
Bach: Cello Suite no. 2 in D major
Bartók: String Quartet no. 2
Bach: Violin Partita no. 1 in B minor

Nov. 17, 2006
Bach: Cello Suite no. 1 in G major
Bartók: String Quartet no. 1
Bach: Violin Sonata no. 1 in G minor 

Jan. 26, 2007
Bach: Cello Suite no. 4 in E flat major
Bartók: String Quartet no. 4
Bach: Violin Partita no. 2 in D minor

Feb. 16, 2007
Bach: Cello Suite no. 5 in C minor
Bartók: String Quartet no. 5
Bach: Violin Sonata no. 3 in C major

March 23, 2007
Bach: Violin Partita no. 3 in E major
Bartók: String Quartet no. 6
Bach: Cello Suite no. 6 in D major

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