BRENTANO STRING QUARTET
Since
its inception in 1992, The Brentano String Quartet (Mark Steinberg, Serena
Canin, violins; Misha Amory, viola; Nina Maria Lee, cello) has been singled
out for its technical brilliance, musical insight and stylistic elegance.
In 1995 The Brentano claimed the distinction of being named to three major
awards, winning the first Cleveland Quartet Award, the 1995 Naumburg Chamber
Music Award and the 10th Annual Martin E. Segal Award. For their
first appearance in Great Britain at Wigmore Hall the Brentano was awarded
the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award for the most outstanding chamber
music debut for 1997. The Quartet was chosen by the Chamber Music
Society of Lincoln Center to participate in the inaugural season of Chamber
Music Society Two - a program designed for outstanding emerging artists
on the verge of international careers in chamber music.
In the fall of 1998, the Brentano String
Quartet performed across Australia (including the prestigious Sydney Opera
house), and was featured in a "Live from Lincoln Center" broadcast.
The Quartet has appeared at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam with pianist
Mitsuko Uchida and during the 1998-99 season will again collaborate with
Ms.Uchida at the Library of Congress and at Lincoln Center.
The Brentano String Quartet is named
after Antonie Brentano, whom many scholars believe to have been Beethoven's
mysterious "Immortal Beloved," and to whom he wrote his famous love confession.
The group maintains a strong interest in the music of our time and has
had several works written for them, including the Sixth String Quartet
of Milton Babbitt and two quartets by Bruce Adolphe.
Since
its inception in 1992, The Brentano String Quartet (Mark Steinberg, Serena
Canin, violins; Misha Amory, viola; Nina Maria Lee, cello) has been singled
out for its technical brilliance, musical insight and stylistic elegance.
In 1995 The Brentano claimed the distinction of being named to three major
awards, winning the first Cleveland Quartet Award, the 1995 Naumburg Chamber
Music Award and the 10th Annual Martin E. Segal Award. For their
first appearance in Great Britain at Wigmore Hall the Brentano was awarded
the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award for the most outstanding chamber
music debut for 1997. The Quartet was chosen by the Chamber Music
Society of Lincoln Center to participate in the inaugural season of Chamber
Music Society Two - a program designed for outstanding emerging artists
on the verge of international careers in chamber music.