BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.2//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:480@1718.ucla.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250302T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250302T160000 DTSTAMP:20241118T182454Z URL:https://1718.ucla.edu/events/ariel-quartet-2025/ SUMMARY:Ariel Quartet\, Chamber Music at the Clark 30th Anniversary DESCRIPTION:\nAll Chamber Music at the Clark tickets will be sold by the UC LA Central Ticket Office. Tickets may be purchased online\, via telephone\ , or in person. \nTicket prices: General $55\; Senior (age 55+) $45\; UCL A student (valid student ID required for each ticket) $15. Tickets are non -refundable.\nTickets for this concert will go on sale Tuesday\, February 4 at 12:00 noon.\nSeating at the Clark Library is limited\, and tickets ar e likely to sell out within a few minutes.\nOnline: https://tinyurl.com/3m evyppr\nTelephone: (310) 825-2101\nIn person: Central Ticket Office window s located on the UCLA campus at 325 Westwood Plaza (ground level\, across from Pauley Pavilion).\n\nIf any tickets for this concert remain unsold\, they will be available for purchase at the Clark Library on the day of the event. Any available day-of tickets will be sold on a first-come\, first- served basis by a Central Ticket Office representative beginning at 1:00 p .m. Payment will be accepted via credit card only. For inquiries\, please call or email the Central Ticket Office at (310) 825-2101 or cto@tickets.u cla.edu\, Monday–Friday 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nProgram\n\nFelix M endelssohn (1809–1847)\nString Quartet No. 6 in F Minor\, op. 80\n\nLera Auerbach (b. 1973)\nString Quartet No. 3\, Cetera Desunt\n\nBenjamin Brit ten (1913–1976)\nString Quartet No. 2 in C Major\, op. 36\n\nAriel Quart et\nAlexandra Kazovsky\, violin\nGershon Gerchikov\, violin\nJan Grüning\ , viola\nAmit Even-Tov\, cello\n\n“…a gripping and often very subtle r eading\, setting ear-melting tenderness against seething passion with a de ft and precise touch.” – The Washington Post\n\nDistinguished by its v irtuosity\, probing musical insight\, and impassioned\, fiery performances \, the Ariel Quartet has garnered critical praise worldwide for more than twenty years. Formed when the members were just teenagers studying at the Jerusalem Academy Middle School of Music and Dance in Israel\, the Ariel w as named a recipient of the prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award\, granted by Chamber Music America in recognition of artistic achievement and career support. The Quartet serves as the Faculty Quartet-in-Residence at the Un iversity of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music\, where they dire ct the chamber music program and present a concert series in addition to m aintaining a busy touring schedule in the United States and abroad.\n\nRec ent highlights include the Ariel Quartet’s Carnegie Hall debut\, a serie s of performances at Lincoln Center together with pianist Inon Barnatan an d the Mark Morris Dance Group\, as well as the release of a Brahms and Bar tók album for Avie Records. In 2020\, the Ariel gave the U.S. premiere of the Quintet for Piano and Strings by Daniil Trifonov (with the composer a s pianist) for the Linton Chamber Music Series in Cincinnati.\n\nIn their 2023-24 season\, the Ariel Quartet presented performances of an anniversar y commission by Matan Porat. A longstanding friend of the Ariel Quartet\, Matan Porat’s new work is a universally relatable journey about the comp lexities of string-quartetlife over the years. Upcoming performances inclu de ones for the Aspect Chamber Music Series\, Perlman Music Program\, Amel ia Island Chamber Music Festival\, Charleston Chamber Music Society\, and the Chamber Music Society of Central Kentucky.\n\nThe Quartet has dedicate d much of its artistic energy and musical prowess to the groundbreaking Be ethoven quartets and has performed the complete Beethoven cycle on five oc casions throughout the United States and Europe. The Ariel Quartet regular ly collaborates with today’s eminent and rising young musicians and ense mbles\, including pianist Orion Weiss\, cellist Paul Katz\, and the Americ an\, Pacifica\, and Jerusalem String Quartets. The Quartet has toured with cellist Alisa Weilerstein and performed frequently with pianists Jeremy D enk and Menahem Pressler. In addition\, the Ariel served as Quartet-in-Res idence for the Steans Music Institute at the Ravinia Festival\, the Yellow Barn Music Festival\, and the Perlman Music Program\, as well as the Erns t Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence at the Caramoor Festival.\n\nFormerl y the resident ensemble of the Professional String Quartet Training Progra m at the New England Conservatory\, from which the players obtained their undergraduate and graduate degrees\, the Ariel was mentored extensively by acclaimed string quartet giants Walter Levin and Paul Katz. It has won nu merous international prizes in addition to the Cleveland Quartet Award: Gr and Prize at the 2006 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and the Székely Prize for the performance of Bartók’s String Quartet No. 4\, a nd Third Prize at the Banff International String Quartet Competition. Abou t its performances at the Banff competition\, the American Record Guide de scribed the group as “a consummate ensemble gifted with utter musicality and remarkable interpretive power” and noted\, in particular\, their pl aying of Beethoven’s monumental Quartet in A Minor\, op. 132\, as “the pinnacle of the competition.”\n\nThe Ariel Quartet has received signifi cant support for its studies in the United States from the American-Israel Cultural Foundation\, Dov and Rachel Gottesman\, and the Legacy Heritage Fund.\n\nMost recently\, they were awarded a grant from the A.N. and Pearl G. Barnett Family Foundation.\n\nFor further information see www.arielqua rtet.com\n\nAriel Quartet is represented by MKI Artists https://mkiartists .com/\n\n\n\nChamber Music at the Clark\nProfessor Rogers Brubaker\, Artis tic Director\n\nChamber Music at the Clark will be celebrating its 30th an niversary season in 2024–25. Thanks to the generous support of Friends o f the Clark\, the series has presented over 175 concerts\, featuring some of the world’s finest chamber ensembles\, in its uniquely intimate drawi ng room venue with its superb acoustics. The anniversary season will featu re two special tributes. The November 17\, 2024 concert will honor the lat e Peter Hanns Reill\, who served for nearly two decades as Center and Clar k Director\, and who founded the series in 1994. The April 27\, 2025 conce rt will honor Bruce Whiteman\, who served as Head Librarian of the Clark f rom 1996 until 2010\, and who has written our wonderful program notes for a quarter of a century. We hope you will be able to join us for another sp lendid season of music-making.\n\nChamber Music at the Clark is made possi ble by The Ahmanson Foundation\, under the auspices of Lee Walcott\; Henry J. Bruman Endowment for Chamber Music\; The Colburn Foundation\; Ms. Bren da Anderson\; Mrs. Martha R. Bardach\; Catherine Glynn Benkaim\, Ph.D. and Barbara Timmer\; Dr. Rogers Brubaker\; Dr. Johanna R. Drucker\; Dr. Susan S. Harris and Mr. Mark J. Harris\; Ms. Judy L. Hellinger\; Dr. David E. L opez\; Drs. Martin and Susan Mach\; Mr. Bernie and Ms. Elaine Mendes\; Mrs . Janet K. Minami\; Mr. Jeffrey L. Nagin and Mrs. Bette I. Nagin\; Dr. The odore M. Porter\; Dr. Jeanne Robson\; Dr. Thomas Rosenthal and Ms. Susan M . Rosenthal\; Ms. Carol E. Sandberg\; Charles H. and Carol “Jackie” Sc hwartz\; Dr. Patricia Bates Simun and Mr. Richard V. Simun Memorial Fund\; Professor Bronwen Wilson\; and Roberta and Robert Young.\n\nPlease see he re for more information about our chamber music programs.\n\n\n\nPhotograp h credit: Marco Borggreve\, courtesy of the Ariel Quartet CATEGORIES:Music LOCATION:UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library\, 2520 Cimarron Street \, Los Angeles\, California\, 90018\, United States GEO:34.033012;-118.314487 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2520 Cimarron Street\, Los Angeles\, California\, 90018\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=UC LA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library:geo:34.033012,-118.314487 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR