BOCA GRANDE LIVE continued
TESLA QUARTET
PERFORMING WORKS FROM JOSEPH HAYDN AND SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Sunday, January 14, 2018 | 7:30pm | Auditorium | General Admission $35 | Reserved $60 | Sponsorship $125
The Tesla Quartet is praised for their “superb capacity to find the inner heart of everything they play, regardless of era, style or technical
demand” (The International Review of Music). The quartet will be performing their Provocateurs program, featuring works from Joseph
Haydn and Sergei Prokofiev. As described by Tesla, “If not for the nearly 100 years and 1000 miles that separated them, Joseph Haydn and
Sergei Prokofiev might very well have been friends, or at the very least musical compatriots. In their works we find kindred spirits who revel
in the role of ‘provocateur,’ toying with the listener’s musical sensibilities to create unexpected moments, all the while crafting undeniably
charming melodies and textures.”
The Tesla Quartet was formed at The Juilliard School in 2008, and quickly established itself as one of the most promising young ensembles
in New York, winning second prize at the J.C. Arriaga Chamber Music Competition only a few months after its inception. Newly appointed as
the String Quartet-in-Residence at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, Canada, the Tesla Quartet also holds a community residency
in Hickory, North Carolina. The quartet performs regularly across North America and internationally, with recent appearances in Austria,
France, China and their debut at London’s Wigmore Hall. The Tesla Quartet is Ross Snyder (violin), Michelle Lie (violin), Edwin Kaplan (viola),
and Serafim Smigelskiy (cello).
IMPRESSIONISM IN ART AND MUSIC WORKSHOP
Monday, January 15, 2018 | 10:00am | Woman’s Club Room | General Admission $30
Impressionism in visual art and music both emerged in late 19th-century Paris as separate movements that seemingly did not really influence
each other; however, a thorough look reveals certain parallels in technique and effects that contributed to these groundbreaking styles.
During the Impressionism in Visual Art and Music workshop, the Tesla Quartet will touch on the key foundational elements of each style
in order to illuminate the characteristics that set Impressionism apart from previous art forms. The workshop will begin with a brief overview
of the predominant artistic and musical styles in mid-19th-century France before moving to an in-depth analysis of the different techniques
the painters and composers used to create these new works that came to be called “Impressionist.” To aid in the discussion, members of the
Tesla Quartet will perform short musical examples of the topics they discuss, and will include visual aids and examples of the artwork. The
presentation will conclude with a performance from the string quartets of Debussy and Ravel.
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