Our 2005/2006 Season

Please mark the following dates on your calendar right now and use our handy order form to receive your season tickets:

October 16, 2005
Talich String Quartet

Jan Talich, violin
Petr Macacek, violin
Vladimir Bukac, viola
Petr Prause, cello

Particularly noted for its interpretations of the Czech composers (Smetana, Dvorak, Martinu, Janacek), the Talich Quartet was heralded as a "national treasure", and has won accolades for its subtle and elegant interpretations. Le Monde wrote: "The Talich Quartet was sublime".

November 13, 2005
Paris Piano Trio

Regis Pasquier, violin
Roland Pidoux, cello
Jean-Claude Pennetier, piano

Spectacular piano trio performances by these three great French musicians have won acclaim throughout Europe and North America. "They perform with polish, vigor and an exemplary sense of style" quotes The Washington Post and "Their playing was superb" says the Los Angeles Times

February 12, 2006
Katia Skanavi, Pianist

Katia Skanavi's concert was postponed to Monday, February 13th at 12:00 noon due to the snow storm.

Russian Katia Skanavi, who won the Maria Callas Competition in 1994 and was a finalist in the '97 Van Cliburn Competition, was trained in Moscow, Paris and Cleveland. "Everything she did was a joy, and exactly the same can be said for her dashing performance of the Rachmaninoff-Paganini Rhapsody. It had marvelous momentum that dazzled …" from the Dallas Morning News.

March 12, 2006
Cavani String Quartet

Annie Fullard, violin
Mari Sato, violin
Kirsten Docter, viola
Merry Peckham, cello

"Completely engrossing, powerful and elegant" says The Washington Post and further enthuses: "It was a stellar performance." The Cavani "held the audience spellbound" reports the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Newtown audiences were thoroughly enchanted and we are happy to have them back again. The Cavani will visit school children on March 13 in one of our much anticipated school outreach programs.

April 9, 2006
Biava Quartet
with Pavel Vinnitsky, clarinet

Austin Hartman, violin
Hyunsu Ko, violin
Mary Persin, viola
Jacob Braun, cello

Praised as "an ensemble of unusual communicative powers" with a "sensitivity beyond its years," the Biava Quartet , winner of the 2003 Naumburg Chamber Music Award, has quickly established itself as one of the top young American quartets. Now at Yale University, its members are teaching assistants to the Tokyo Quartet. Together with guest Pavel Vannistky they will perform the Brahms Clarinet Quintet.