KAILAS STRING QUARTET TAKES SILVER AT FISCHOFF
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19
Master’s Recital
Kailas String Quartet
Jory Fankuchen, violin
Stephanie Fong, violin
J.T. Posadas, viola
Emmanuelle Beaulieu Bergeron, cello
Program: Haydn - Quartet in D Major, Op. 76 No. 5, Hob.III:79; Bartók - Quartet No. 4; and Ravel - String Quartet in F Major.
2:30 p.m., Duncan Recital Hall
The Senior String Division Silver Medal at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Association Competition ($2,000) went to the Kailas String Quartet from Rice University, Shepherd School of Music, Houston, Texas. Members included Jory Fankuchen, violin; Stephanie Fong, violin; John T. Posadas, viola; and Emmanuelle Beauliev Bergeron, cello.
Fischoff provides an opportunity for education and development of young people through its nationally acclaimed chamber music competition, educational residencies and community concerts.
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The Kailas String Quartet, recently appointed graduate quartet-in-residence at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, first performed together at the Tanglewood Music Center. With the support of their mentors, including former members of the Concord and Cleveland quartets, they officially formed in December 2004.
As quartet in residence, the Kailas Quartet works closely under the guidance of faculty members James Dunham, Norman Fischer, and Kenneth Goldsmith. In its brief time together, the quartet has already had the opportunity to perform for members of the Emerson, Juilliard, Muir, and Orion String Quartets. The Kailas Quartet brings together four musicians with rich and diverse backgrounds.
Members of the quartet hold degrees from the Juilliard School, Montreal Conservatory, New England Conservatory, Rice University, San Francisco Conservatory, and the University of Kentucky. They have attended festivals including the Tanglewood, Yellow Barn, Kneisel Hall, Manchester, Music Academy of the West, and Sarasota Music Festivals, and have performed in concert with artists such as Bonnie Hampton, Gilbert Kalish, Joel Krosnick, Sergiu Luca, Robert Mann, Menahem Pressler, Joseph Silverstein, and Donald Weilerstein, among others.
Season highlights include performances at the Las Galas Music Festival in Piedras Negras, Mexico, the 2005 Capuzzi Festival, the Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts concert series at MECA (Multicultural Education and Counseling through the Arts), and live performances on Houston’s KUHF radio program, “The Front Row.” This coming summer, the Kailas Quartet will be one of a select few invited to participate in the Advanced String Quartet Program at the Aspen Music Festival and School.
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