Turtle Island String Quartet

Description

Music of Jimi HENDRIX, including All Along the Watchtower (Dylan, Hendrix version), and selections from Electric Ladyland; and Music of John COLTRANE, including A Love Supreme, and A Moment’s Notice.

Native American folklore, the Turtle Island Quartet, since its inception in 1985, has been a singular force in the creation of bold, new trends in chamber music for strings. Winner of the 2006 and most recently, the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album, Turtle Island fuses the classical quartet esthetic with contemporary American musical styles, and by devising a performance practice that honors both, the state of the art has inevitably been redefined. Cellist nonpareil Yo-Yo Ma has proclaimed TIQ to be “a unified voice that truly breaks new ground – authentic and passionate – a reflection of some of the most creative music-making today.”

The Quartet’s birth was the result of violinist David Balakrishnan’s brainstorming explorations and compositional vision while completing his master’s degree program at Antioch University West. The journey has taken Turtle Island through forays into folk, bluegrass, swing, be-bop, funk, R&B, new age, rock, hip-hop, as well as music of Latin America and India, a repertoire consisting of hundreds of ingenious arrangements and originals. Each Turtle Island member is an accomplished improviser, composer, and arranger as well as having extensive instrumental conservatory training.

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http://SunsetConcerts.org

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408.354.4560 (Box Office)