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La Catrina String Quartet
VEGA ALBELA, First Violin
BLAKE ESPY, Second Violin
JORGE MARTINEZ, Viola
ALAN DAO, Cello
March 10, 2009
7:30 p.m
Pearce Auditorium
Brenau University, Gainesville Georgia
Named for the Mexican folk icon, the La Catrina Quartet´s mission is to perform and promote Latino composers alongside the masterworks of classical repertoire. Critics and audiences praise La Catrina
“How wonderful to hear four young musicians be such good ambassadors for music!”—YO-YO MA
“This could be the next Mexican-based quartet to watch out for . . a blast of shimmering contemporary energy.”
—SANTA BARBARA NEWS-PRESS
“Loved the Hispanic pieces which,with great charm, they introduced,taking turns . . . the encore was a knock-out! The audience really appreciated the fresh repertoire and young energetic performers.”
—Shelley Ruston, Santa Barbara Museum of Art
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Clarinetist, Boris Allakhverdyan, will join the quartet for this performance.
He graduated from the Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatory with a Bachelor of Music Degree with honors in 2006, and from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music with an Artist Diploma Degree in 2008.
He spent the summer of 2008 as Principal Clarinet of the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra in Boulder. Mr. Allakhverdyan has performed a soloist and with orchestras in Russia, Germany, Denmark, Venezuela, Switzerland and the USA.
Currently, he is pursuing his Master of Music Degree at the Cleveland Institute of Music.
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