The Program

Mozart: Quartet in F Major, K. 590
Wernick: Quartet No. 8 [Phila Premiere]
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581

Pre-concert Lecture at 6:45 pm by Richard Wernick

The Artists

The Dædalus Quartet was founded in the summer of 2000, and one year later captured the Grand Prize of the 2001 Banff International String Quartet Competition, quickly establishing itself as among America’s outstanding string quartets.  The group consists of violinists Min-Young Kim and Ara Gregorian; cellist Raman Ramakrishnan; and violist Jessica Thompson, and it takes its name from the mythical Greek inventor, artist, and architect celebrated for creating the art of sculpture, designing the Labyrinth, and above all for regaining his freedom by devising wings that made it possible for him to fly.  The members of the quartet hold degrees from Juilliard, Curtis, the Cleveland Institute and Harvard University.  Their debut CD, featuring works of Ravel, Sibeliusand Stravinsky, was released in August 2006 by Bridge Records.  For more information on the Dædalus Quartet, visit daedalusquartet.com.

Winner of a 2009 Avery Fisher Career Grant, Alexander Fiterstein is one of the world’s exceptional young clarinet players.  Born in Belarus, at the age of two he immigrated with his family to Israel, where he later studied at the Israel Arts and Science Academy.  A first-prize winner of the Carl Nielsen International Clarinet Competition and the Young Concert Artists International Auditions (YCA), he has appeared with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Lincoln Center, the Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony, Tokyo Philharmonic and China National Symphony Orchestra, among others.  A graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy and the Juilliard School, he is currently on the faculty of Kean University in New Jersey.  For more information on Alexander Fiterstein visit www.fiterstein.com.