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JACK performs the World premiere of Andreia Pinto Correia’s String Quartet No.1, Unvanquished Space, a new work that takes as its point of departure Hart Crane’s modernist epic “The Bridge”.
The work, commissioned by the Gulbenkian Foundation for the JACK Quartet, will be premiered at the Gulbenkian Foundation Grand Auditorium, in Lisbon, Portugal, on January 27th, 2018.
Christopher Otto, Violin
Austin Wulliman, Violin
John Pickford Richards, Viola
Jay Campbell, Violoncello
Program:
Andreia Pinto Correia: String Quartet n.o 1 *
Iannis Xenakis: Tetras **
Georg Friedrich Haas: String Quartet n.o 9
* World Premiere – Commissioned by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
**Commissioned by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (1983)
Pre-Concert talk with Risto Nieminen, Gulbenkian Música Director, at 17h, Grand Auditorium Foyer.
Deemed “superheroes of the new music world” (Boston Globe), the JACK Quartet is “the go-to quartet for contemporary music, tying impeccable musicianship to intellectual ferocity and a take-no-prisoners sense of commitment.” (Washington Post) “They are a musical vehicle of choice to the next great composers who walk among us.” (Toronto Star)
The recipient of Lincoln Center’s Martin E. Segal Award, New Music USA’s Trailblazer Award, and the CMA/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, JACK has performed to critical acclaim at Carnegie Hall (USA), Lincoln Center (USA), Miller Theatre (USA), Wigmore Hall (United Kingdom), Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ (Netherlands), IRCAM (France), Kölner Philharmonie (Germany), the Lucerne Festival (Switzerland), La Biennale di Venezia (Italy), Suntory Hall (Japan), Bali Arts Festival (Indonesia), Festival Internacional Cervatino (Mexico), and Teatro Colón (Argentina).
Photo by Shervin Lainez