When
Where
Friday, May 18, 2018, 8pm:
icarus Quartet
The 2 piano, 2 percussion icarus Quartet presents a compelling program of music written in the last five years including works by Steve Reich, Paul Lansky. Also two New York premieres by Thomas Kotcheff and Ensemble Signal’s Brad Lubman.
Program
Steve Reich: Quartet
Brad Lubman: Tangents (New York premiere)
Thomas Kotcheff: and more and more and more and this (New York premiere)
Paul Lansky: Textures
General/Student/12 and under: $20.00/$15.00/Free
Tickets available here and at the door.
Festival passes available here.
About icarus Quartet
Like the mythological figure from which it draws its name, the half piano, half percussion icarus Quartet dares to fly towards the sun, aspiring to new heights of artistry. Following their Carnegie Hall debut, composer Paul Lansky simply remarked, “This is music making of the highest order.” While pursuing their graduate degrees at the Yale School of Music, the members of iQ were brought together to represent the school in its prestigious concert series, Yale in New York, with the Yale Percussion Group under the guidance of Robert van Sice. Composition chair Martin Bresnick regarded an appearance of the Quartet as “one of the best student performances of any work I have ever heard… They played with great energy, sensitivity and precision.” They have since performed throughout the northeast as well as in a recent set at the 2017 New Music Gathering in Bowling Green, Ohio. In the 2017-18 season, icarus serves as Ensemble-in-Residence for Music at St. David’s in Baltimore, and will also be featured on Yale’s distinguished Horowitz Piano Series. Passionate about educating and engaging with the next generation of musicians, iQ often works in school and university settings.
Larry Weng, Yevgeny Yontov, Matt Keown, and Jeff Stern are all celebrated soloists in their own rights, with international prizes to their names, and together they have found a special chemistry and inimitable joy playing chamber music. They are dedicated to the discovery, creation, and performance of new music, but what distinguishes their approach to contemporary music is a strong training and background in the classical genre. icarus Quartet is committed to performing new works with a studied and convincing interpretation that mirrors the validity of works with performance practices developed over centuries.