Fauré Piano Quartet

Friday, January 29, 7:30 p.m.

Dirk Mommertz, Piano
Erika Geldsetzer, Violin
Sascha Froembling, Viola
Konstantin Heidrich, Cello

Program:

Mahler Quartettsatz
Faure Klavierquartett c-moll op 15
Brahms Klavierquartett g-moll op 25

These musicians founded the Fauré Piano Quartet in 1995, taking on the composer's name out of appreciation for his two piano quartet pieces. It did not take the quartet long to win top prizes and awards for their interpretations at prestigious international chamber music competitions including the Deutsche Schallplattenpreis and the Parkhouse Award in Great Britain.

"There is no such thing as perfection, but the Fauré Piano Quartet is dangerously close to challenging this notion. The group's success is each member's inborn musicianship, the sense of friends making music together sublimely and perceptively, and the musicians' collective ability to say so much in the most natural way. The Fauré Quartet has been beautifully recorded too, with a mix of immediacy, space and judicious balance between the foursome who play as equals and who care deeply about what they do and about each other."
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Master Class

Where: Jebe Hall, Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center
When: January 30, 2010
Time: 10 a.m.-11 a.m.
RSVP: No RSVP required
Who: Chamber ensembles from the University of Northern Iowa and UNI Suzuki School will perform. All ages are encouraged to attend and observe.