Balourdet String Quartet. Photo by Kevin W. Condon
SFPM News:
SANTA FE — The up-and-coming, award-winning Balourdet String Quartet will be replacing Cuarteto Casals—who had to cancel due to unforeseen circumstances—for Santa Fe Pro Musica’s next String Works Series concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19 at St. Francis Auditorium in the New Mexico Museum of Art, 107 W Palace Ave, Santa Fe, 87501.
The ensemble will perform familiar favorites of the string quartet repertoire by Mozart, Stravinsky, and Brahms, as well as Memento Mori – Phase 1 (2013) by composer and sonic artist Nina C. Young.
About the Balourdet String Quartet:
The Balourdet Quartet, based in Boston, Massachusetts, is currently in residence at the New England Conservatory’s Professional String Quartet Program. The quartet received the Grand Prize at the 2021 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition as well as the top prize awarded in the 2021 Premio Paolo Borciani in Reggio Emilia, Italy. The group also received the Gold Medal in the 2020 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, the Gold Medal and Audience Award at the 2021 Chamber Music Yellow Springs Competition, and the Second Prize in the 2019 Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition.
The Balourdet String Quartet gets its name from Antoine Balourdet, chef extraordinaire at the Hotel St. Bernard and beloved member of the Taos School of Music community.
“The technically accomplished and assured Balourdet Quartet is already adept at transmitting the emotions of notes on the pages. Their ensemble cohesiveness comes from an emerging shared identity.” —The Boston Musical Intelligencer
PROGRAM:
- MOZART String Quartet No. 19 in C Minor, K. 465 “Dissonance”
- STRAVINSKY Three Pieces for String Quartet
- NINA C. YOUNG Memento Mori – Phase 1
- BRAHMS String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2
TICKETS: $20 – $85
Santa Fe Pro Musica Box Office 505.988.4640; sfpromusica.org | Lensic.org
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