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BIAVA QUARTET
with Pavel Vinnitsky, clarinet
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Austin Hartman, violin
Hyunsu Ko, violin
Mary Persin, viola
Jacob Braun, cello
The BIAVA QUARTET, founded in 1998, has become one of the top
young American quartets. After winning the 2003 Naumburg Award, it appeared
at the Library of Congress, Jordan Hall, and toured South Korea. It made
a critically acclaimed debut at Alice Tully Hall. Upcoming performances
will include debuts at Los Angeles Da Camera Society, Newtown Friends
of Music, and return engagements at Lincoln Center. The quartet continues
its studies at Yale University, while assisting the Tokyo Quartet there.
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| Austin Hartman, violin, a graduate of New England Conservatory,
debuted with The Philadelphia Orchestra in 1996, as winner of the Mann Music
Center Competition. He was recently the winner of the concerto competition
at the Atonement Bach Festival. Hyunso Ku, violin, began playing
at age four in her native Korea. Before moving to the Cleveland Institute
of Music in 1999, Ms Ko was awarded grand prize at the Ahn Iktae Music competition.
Mary Persin, viola, of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, is a graduate of
the New England Conservatory and the Cleveland Institute, where she was
a former principal violist. Jacob Braun, cello, acclaimed for his
"distinctive, resonate sound," has established himself as a recitalist
and chamber musician. He has recently performed concerti with the Ars Nova
Orchestra of Buffalo and Cleveland Institute of Music. |
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Pavel Vinnitsky, clarinet, has performed in Europe, Russia, Israel,
China and the USA. In 1990, he immigrated from his native Ukraine to Israel
where he became principal clarinetist with the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra
and, more recently, clarinetist with Habima National Theater and Raanana
and Beer Sheva Symphony. Mr Vannitsky is working on his Master's Degree
in Music at Yale. |
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exquisite music - superbly performed
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