Ivalas Quartet (PROGRAM CHANGE)

Important program change for March 1: late last night Augustin Hadelich’s representative advised us that, as much as he was looking forward to returning to PSC, his illness would not allow him to play for us tonight, Saturday, March 1 at 7:30 PM at Washington Irving Campus. We wish him a speedy recovery and look forward to having him with us soon again. 

Luckily, the wonderful Ivalas Quartet is coming to our rescue with a program of Mendelssohn, Bartok, and Carlos Simon. We’ve heard great reports about their Residency at The Schneider Concerts at The New School, this season, which makes us especially excited that they are coming to play for us.

Saturday, March 1 at 7:30 PM
Ivalas Quartet

Quartets by Carlos Simon, Bela Bartok, and Felix Mendelssohn

Bio:

Hailed by The Strad for playing with “tremendous heart and beauty,” the Ivalas Quartet has been changing the face of classical music since 2017 with a mission to enrich the classical music world by spotlighting past and present BIPOC composers alongside the standard repertory. They have championed the music of Eleanor Alberga, Gabriela Lena Frank, Osvaldo Golijov, Jessie Montgomery, Angélica Negrón, Iván Enrique Rodríguez, Alvin Singleton, and George Walker, and premiered Derrick Skye’s Deliverance through a commission from Caramoor and recorded Carlos Simon’s Warmth from Other Suns for Rising Sun Music. The Ivalas Quartet was the Graduate Resident String Quartet at The Juilliard School from 2022 to 2024, where they studied with the Juilliard String Quartet. 

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