Memoirs
Viano String Quartet, the first-prize winner at the 2019 Banff International String Quartet Competition, presents their program, “Memoirs,” consisting of brief works by Franz Schubert, Florence Price, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Antonín Dvořák, followed by Bedřich Smetana’s searing Quartet No. 1, “From My Life.
From left to right: Tate Zawadiuk, Cello; Aiden Kane, Viola; Lucy Wang, Violin; Hao Zhou, Violin.
PROGRAM
Haydn: Quartet in B-flat major "Sunrise", Op. 76/4 (22")
Krzysztof Penderecki: Leaves from an Unwritten Diary (17")
– Intermission –
Dvorák: Humoresque (5")
Bedřich Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 “From My Life” (30")
Program subject to change
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Viano Quartet Biography
Praised for their “virtuosity, visceral expression, and rare unity of intention” (Boston Globe), the Viano Quartet is one of the most sought-after performing young ensembles today and currently in-residence at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Bowers Program from 2024-2027. Since winning First Prize at the 2019 Banff International String Quartet Competition, they have travelled to nearly every major city globally, captivating audiences in New York, London, Berlin, Vancouver, Paris, Beijing, Toronto, Lucerne, and Los Angeles.
The quartet was named the inaugural June Goldsmith Quartet-in-Residence for the Music in the Morning series in Vancouver until 2025, where their focus will be to commission new works and lead extensive community engagement initiatives. The quartet has also held residencies at the Curtis Institute, Colburn Conservatory, Northern Michigan University, and Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University.
The quartet achieved incredible success in its formative years, with an unbroken streak of top prizes at major competitions. In addition to their career-defining achievement at the 2019 Banff International String Quartet Competition, they also received the Grand Prize at the 2019 ENKOR International Music Competition and second prize at the 2019 Yellow Springs Chamber Music Competition.
“Viano” was created to describe the four instruments in a string quartet interacting as one. Each instrument begins with the letter “v,” like a piano, and all four string instruments play harmony and melody together, creating a unified instrument called the “Viano.”
