Santa Fe Pro Musica presents Quartetto Di Cremona to perform Oct. 23, to kick off its String Works Series. Courtesy/Santa Fe Pro Musica
Santa Fe Pro Musica News:
SANTA FE — Santa Fe Pro Musica begins its String Works Series at 3 p.m. Oct. 23 at St. Francis Auditorium (107 W. Palace Ave. in Santa Fe) with the Quartetto Di Cremona.
The program includes works by Boccherini, Verdi, Puccini and Respighi.
About Quartetto Di Cremona:
This Italian ensemble performs an all-Italian program on rare Italian instruments from the 17th and 18th centuries. Quartetto Di Cremona has performed at international music festivals including Beethovenfest (Bonn), Bozar Festival (Brussels), Festival of Turku (Finland), Kammermusik Gemeinde (Hannover), Perth Festival (Australia), and in the world’s great concert halls including the Konzerthaus in Berlin and Wigmore Hall in London. They won the Franco Gulli Award (2002), Borletti–Buitoni Fellowship (2005), ECHO Klassik (2017, Germany), and the International Classical Music Award (2018). They formed in 2000 while the members were students at the Walter Stauffer Academy in Cremona, Italy. They are currently artists-in-residence at the Società del Quartetto (Milan) and at the Academy of Santa Cecilia (Rome).
The ensemble is named after the city of Cremona, Italy, considered the birthplace of the violin in the workshops of the masters Amati, Guarneri, and Stradivari.
“An eminent ambassador of the Italian Quartet Culture and…an ensemble of international excellence”–Fono Forum
PROGRAM:
- BOCCHERINI Quartet in C Major, Op. 2, No. 6
- VERDI Quartet in E Minor
- PUCCINI Crisantemi
- RESPIGHI Quartet No. 3 in D Major, P. 53
TICKETS: $22 – $92. Santa Fe Pro Musica Box Office 505.988.4640 sfpromusica.org
COVID-19:
The health and safety of the audience, staff, and artists are of Santa Fe Pro Musica’s highest priority. Vaccination is recommended but not required for concert attendance. Pro Musica audience and staff are required to wear face masks indoors at concerts and events, regardless of vaccination status. Musicians may choose to perform on stage without masks. Members of the public who are experiencing symptoms of, have been exposed to, or have tested positive for Covid-19,Santa Fe Pro Musica asks to take appropriate isolation and quarantine steps following CDC guidelines. Patrons who refuse to follow their Covid safety policies will be asked to leave the concert. Ticket(s) will not be refunded.