La Jolla Chamber Music Society: Guarneri Quartet

La Jolla Chamber Music Society

CivicTheater, Downtown SD
Sherwood Auditorium, La Jolla
TEL: (858) 459 - 3728

N E W S R E L E A S E
August 17, 2001

GUARNERI STRING QUARTET PERFORMS ON LA JOLLA CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY'S REVELLE SERIES SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2001

La Jolla, CA-The La Jolla Chamber Music Society's 2001-2002 Revelle Series continues on Saturday, November 17, 2001 with a performance by the Guarneri String Quartet at 8:00 p.m. in Sherwood Auditorium at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, 700 Prospect St., La Jolla, CA. The Quartet will play Beethoven's String Quartet in A Major, Op. 18, No. 5, Lutoslawksi's String Quartet and Dvorák's String Quartet in C Major, Op. 61. Tickets for this performance are priced from $35 to $75. For tickets or more information, contact the La Jolla Chamber Music Society box office at 858-459-3728 or visit the Society's website at www.ljcms.org.

GUARNERI STRING QUARTET
Arnold Steinhardt, Violin
John Dalley, Violin
Michael Tree, Viola
Peter Wiley, Cello

Founded in 1964, the renowned Guarneri String Quartet has circled the globe countless times, playing the world's most prestigious halls in North and South America, Mexico, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The Quartet's 2000-2001 season's highlights included performances in all of the major New York City venues, including Carnegie Hall, the annual Metropolitan Museum six-concert series (since 1965), an appearance at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall under the auspice of Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and a performance at the 92nd Street Y.

The Guarneri String Quartet also tours extensively throughout the United States and Europe, and continues its longstanding series and residency at the University of Maryland in College Park. In addition to mastering the finest works in the existing quartet repertoire, the Guarneri String Quartet is committed to performing and popularizing works by today's foremost composers. The National Symphony Orchestra commissioned a concerto for string quartet and orchestra, to be written expressly for the Guarneri String Quartet by the award winning American composer, Richard Danielpour. The piece was premiered with the National Symphony Orchestra at Washington D.C.'s Kennedy Center on January 13,14, and 15, 2000, under the direction of Leonard Slatkin, and given its New York premiere at Carnegie Hall on January 25, 2000.

The Quartet has been featured on many television and radio specials, documentaries and educational presentations both in North America and abroad. It has been interviewed by Charles Kuralt on CBS' nationwide television program, "Sunday Morning." A full-length film entitled "High Fidelity - The Guarneri String Quartet" was released nationally, to great critical and public acclaim, in the fall of 1989. (The film was directed and produced by Allan Miller who was also the director/producer of the Academy Award-winning documentary, "From Mozart to Mao," which dealt with Isaac Stern's visit to China). The Quartet is also the subject of various books including Quartet by Helen Drees Ruttencutter (Lippincott & Crowell, 1980), The Art of Quartet Playing: the Guarneri in Conversation with David Blum (Alfred A. Knopf, 1986) and Arnold Steinhardt's Indivisible by Four: A String Quartet in Pursuit of Harmony (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998).

In 1982, Mayor Koch presented the Quartet with the first New York Seal of Recognition. The Quartet was awarded Honorary Doctorate degrees by the University of South Florida (1976) and the State University of New York (1983). In 1992, the Guarneri String Quartet became the only quartet to receive the prestigious Award of Merit from the Association of Performing Arts Presenters in New York City. The Quartet is also on the faculty of the University of Maryland.

The Guarneri String Quartet records for the Philips and Arabesque labels. Several of its recordings on both RCA Red Seal and Philips have won international awards, including its recent recording of Juan Crisostomo de Arriaga's String Quartet nos. 1-3 (Philips), which won the 1996 Deutsche Schallplattenkritik Award in Germany. Among its other award-winning recordings are collaborations with such artists as Artur Rubinstein, Pinchas Zukerman; and Boris Kroyt and Mischa Schneider of the Budapest Quartet. The Guarneri's most recent CD is of Mendelssohn's String Quartet No. 3 and its first ever recording of the great Mendelssohn
Octet, Op. 20, in collaboration with the Orion Quartet.

GUARNERI STRING QUARTET
Member Biographies

Violinist ARNOLD STEINHARDT was born in Los Angeles where he began his studies with Peter Meremblum and Toscha Seidel. At the Curtis Institute of Music, he studied with Ivan Galamian and later under the sponsorship of George Szell with Josef Szigeti in Switzerland. Bronze medalist of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, Mr. Steinhardt also won the Leventritt Competition in 1958. At the age of 14, he had his debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and has subsequently appeared with many major orchestras and in recital. Mr. Steinhardt's memoirs, entitled Indivisible by Four: A String Quartet in Pursuit of Harmony was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in the fall of 1998. Arnold Steinhardt plays a Lorenzo Storioni violin from Cremona, Italy, late 18th century.

Violinist JOHN DALLEY was born in Madison, Wisconsin and studied with Efrem Zimbalist. Formerly on the faculty of the Oberlin Conservatory, a member of the Oberlin String Quartet, a participant at the Marlboro Festival, and artist-in-residence at the University of Illinois, Mr. Dalley has since concertized extensively in the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand in recital and as soloist with orchestra. He is on the faculty of the University of Maryland. Mr. Dalley plays a Nicholas Lupot violin from France, 1810.

MICHAEL TREE, violist, was born in Newark, New Jersey. His principal violin studies were with Efrem Zimbalist at the Curtis Institute of Music. Subsequent to his Carnegie Hall recital debut, Mr. Tree has appeared as violin and viola soloist with major orchestras, including Philadelphia, Baltimore, Los Angeles, and New Jersey. As a founding member of the Marlboro Trio and Guarneri String Quartet, he has concertized throughout the world and recorded more than 80 chamber music works. Prominent among these are ten piano quintets and quartets with Artur Rubinstein. Mr. Tree serves on the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music, Manhattan School of Music, University of Maryland and Rutgers University. Mr. Tree plays a Domenicus Busan viola from Venice, Italy, 1750. He performed at the La Jolla Chamber Music Society's SummerFest La Jolla in August 2001.

Cellist PETER WILEY, a native of Utica, NY, attended the Curtis Institute at just thirteen years of age, under the tutelage of David Soyer. He continued his impressive youthful accomplishments with his appointment as Principal Cellist of the Cincinnati Symphony at age twenty, after one year in the Pittsburgh Symphony. He has been awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant and was nominated with the Beaux Arts Trio for a Grammy Award in 1998. As a member of the Beaux Arts Trio, Mr. Wiley performed over 1,000 concerts, including appearances with many of the world's greatest orchestras. He continues his association with the Marlboro Music Festival, dating from 1971. He has also been a faculty artist at Caramoor's "Rising Stars" program, and has taught at the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, the Mannes College of Music, and the Manhattan School of Music. Mr. Wiley is currently on the faculty at SUNY Purchase and the Curtis Institute of Music.

The Revelle Series The prestigious Revelle Series, named in honor of long-time friend Ellen Revelle, continues its 32-year tradition of presenting the finest in chamber music. Single tickets for the Revelle Series are available now. For tickets, call 858-459-3728 or visit www.ljcms.org .

The remainder of the 2001-2002 Revelle Series is:
* Randall Scarlata, baritone and Cameron Stowe, piano
Sunday, December 9, 2001
* The Spoleto Festival Players with violinist Chee-Yun
Tuesday, February 12, 2002
* The Petersen String Quartet
Friday, March 1, 2002
* Pamela Frank, violin, and Peter Serkin, piano
Wednesday, April 17, 2002
* The St. Lawrence Quartet
Saturday, May 11, 2002

All Revelle Series concerts are held in Sherwood Auditorium at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, 700 Prospect St., La Jolla, CA. All concerts begin at 8:00 p.m. except for the Sunday, December 9 performance, which begins at 7:00 p.m.
The La Jolla Chamber Music Society

As the most comprehensive classical music presenter in San Diego, the La Jolla Chamber Music Society, beginning its 33rd season, presents the finest emerging and established musicians, chamber ensembles, symphony orchestras and dance companies. The Society's series include the acclaimed Celebrity, Revelle, Piano, and Discovery Series-which incorporates an educational outreach program designed to enrich the musical lives of 10,000 San Diego students each season-and SummerFest La Jolla, an internationally acclaimed annual chamber music festival. The Society presents concerts at Sherwood Auditorium, the Civic Theatre, Copley Symphony Hall, the Neurosciences Institute and on campuses throughout San Diego. The Society also sponsors the Community Music Center program in Southeast San Diego, which gives 160 at-risk children the opportunity to study and perform classical music. For tickets to all Series, information, or to receive a free brochure, call 858-459-3728 or visit the Society's website at www.ljcms.org .

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