Montalvo's Villa Chamber Music Series
The Harlem Quartet
- When
- Fri Apr 23, 2010
- Where
- Montalvo Arts Center
- Time
- 8 p.m.
- Cost
- $20 - $30
- Tags
- Music, Classical Music
Description
The Harlem Quartet are Ilmar Gavilan and Melissa White (violinists), Juan-Miguel Hernandez (viola) and Desmond Naysmith (cello). All are laureates of the Sphinx Competition. If the Sphinx Competition sounds mysterious, its mission is laudable: it’s a non-profit group trying to reach out to fill the gap left behind by the closing of school music programs in disadvantaged neighborhoods. These Naxos recording artists have performed at the White House and Carnegie Hall, and now arrive at Montalvo to select from an eclectic repertoire. The show includes everything from Brahms, Haydn or Schumann to Billy Stayhorn and Duke Ellington’s “Take the A Train.” Cuba’s Guido Gavilan, father of Ilmar, composed “Mi Menor Conga”: as assayed by the Harlem Quartet, it’s a real surprise to classical fans who don’t expect to be urged into a conga line by a string quartet drumming polyrhythms on their instruments. - Richard von Busack sanjose.comMore Info
- Link
- http://montalvoarts.org/events/harlem_quartet/
- Call
- 408.961.5800
- Call
- 408.961.5858 (Box Office)
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