Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival kicks off fourth season in the Triangle
Ara Gregorian, artistic director of the Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival and professor of music at ECU
The Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival will kick off its fourth season in the Triangle and 19th season overall on Sept. 30 at 3 p.m. at Hayes Barton United Methodist Church in Raleigh.
Grammy Award-winning violist Kim Kashkashian will join Ida Kavafian, Hye-Jin Kim, Marcy Rosen, Peter Wiley and festival artistic director Ara Gregorian to perform Edward Elgar’s Serenade for Strings (arranged for string sextet), Johannes Brahms’ String Sextet No. 2 in G Major Op. 36 and Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70.
The Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival is in residence at the East Carolina University School of Music and will present a full concert season in Raleigh and Greenville, as well as concerts and initiatives in Durham, Greensboro, Charlotte and Southern Shores.
Artists for the Sept. 30 season opening will be: Kashkashian, who won the 2013 Grammy Award for best classical instrumental solo and was awarded the George Peabody Medal for outstanding contributions to music in America; Wiley, who has been a cellist for the Guarneri Quartet and the Beaux Arts Trio; violinist Kavafian, an artist of the Chamber Music Society of the Lincoln Center and former member of the Beaux Arts Trio; cellist Rosen, a former member of the Mendelsohn String Quartet; violinist Hye-Jin Kim, who won first prize at the Yehudi Menuhin and Concert Artist Guild international competitions; and violinist/violist Gregorian, a former member of Concertante and the Daedalus String Quartet, and a current member of the Cooperstown Quartet.
“The Season Opening Extravaganza brings a star-studded lineup of artists to the Triangle,” Gregorian said. “Our guest artists will thrill the audience and I can think of no better program to kick off our 19th season.”
There are six concerts in the Raleigh concert season, which includes four Classic Series concerts and two Chamber Music Dressed Down concerts.
IF YOU GO:
For season and individual ticket information, call the ECU Central Ticket Office at 252-328-4788, or 1-800-ECU-ARTS.
For more information about the festival, go to www.ecu.edu/fourseasons or call 252-328-6019.
Raleigh Concert Season
Season Opening Extravaganza: Sept. 30, 3 p.m.; Hayes Barton United Methodist Church
The Miraculous Bartok: Oct. 14, 3 p.m.; Hayes Barton United Methodist Church
From the Homeland: Nov. 11, 3 p.m.; Hayes Barton United Methodist Church
Chamber Music Monuments: Feb. 10, 3 p.m.; Hayes Barton United Methodist Church
Brahms the Mentor: Feb. 24, 3 p.m.; Saint Mary’s School, Smedes-Emory Parlor
Thrilling Season Finale: March 31, 3 p.m.; Hayes Barton United Methodist Church
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