July 30; Aug. 1 & 2: Bay Chamber Presents Jupiter String Quartet and GRAMMY®-winning Pianist Michelle Cann in Machias and Camden, Maine
The Jupiter String Quartet and GRAMMY®-winning Pianist Michelle Cann in Machias and Camden, Maine
L-R Jupiter Quartet, credit to Todd Rosenberg; Michelle Cann, credit to Titilayo Ayangade
Bay Chamber Presents Jupiter String Quartet and
GRAMMY®-winning Pianist Michelle Cann
in Machias and Camden, Maine
July 30: Centre Street Congregational Church | 9 Center St. | Machias, ME
Presented by Machias Bay Chamber Concerts
7:00pm: Tickets and Information
August 1: Hammer Hall at Bay Chamber | 5 Mountain St. | Camden, ME
5:30pm: Tickets and Information
8:00pm: Tickets and Information
August 2: Hammer Hall at Bay Chamber | 5 Mountain St. | Camden, ME
8:00pm: Tickets and Information
“The Jupiter String Quartet, an ensemble of eloquent intensity, has matured into one of the mainstays of the American chamber-music scene.” – The New Yorker
www.jupiterquartet.com | www.michellecann.com | www.baychamber.org
Machias & Camden, ME – Bay Chamber Concerts will present the internationally esteemed Jupiter String Quartet – winner of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and the Banff International String Quartet Competition – in four concerts with GRAMMY®-winning pianist Michelle Cann, who is described by Gramophone as “a pianist of sterling artistry.” On Tuesday July 30, 2024 at 7pm, the Quartet and Michelle Cann will be presented by Bay Chamber’s sister organization Machias Bay Chamber Concerts, in Machias, ME at the Centre Street Congregational Church (9 Center St). The Jupiter and Cann give the Opening Night Concerts of Bay Chamber’s summer festival on Thursday, August 1, 2024 at 5:30pm and 8pm and perform a program titled Resonance on Friday, August 2, 2024 at 8pm, all at Bay Chamber’s new home – the renovated Hammer Hall (5 Mountain Lane) in the Bixler Music Center.
On July 30 in Machias, the Jupiter Quartet will perform Mozart’s String Quartet in D Major, K. 575. They will then be joined by Michelle Cann for a performance of Antonin Dvořák’s vivid Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81. They repeat this program on August 1 for Bay Chamber’s Opening Night concerts at Hammer Hall in Camden. On August 2, in a program entitled Resonance, the Jupiter will perform excerpts from At the Octoroon Balls, String Quartet No. 1 by Wynton Marsalis; Michelle Cann will perform Margaret Bonds’ Spiritual Suite and Florence Price’s Fantasie Nègre No. 1 In E Minor; and together, they will combine to perform the final movement of Amy Beach’s Piano Quintet, Op. 67.
The Jupiter Quartet says, “We are so pleased to return to the wonderful Bay Chamber concerts series, a favorite venue of ours since we first performed there over 15 years ago. We look forward very much to our first collaboration with the fantastic pianist Michelle Cann, and hope audiences will enjoy the selection of works we have chosen to play, which represent a wide variety of perspectives and styles.”
Based in Urbana and giving concerts all over the country, the Jupiter String Quartet is a particularly intimate group, consisting of violinists Nelson Lee and Meg Freivogel, violist Liz Freivogel (Meg’s older sister), and cellist Daniel McDonough (Meg’s husband, Liz’s brother-in-law). Founded in 2001, the Jupiter Quartet was brought together by ties both familial and musical. Exuding an energy that is at once friendly, knowledgeable, and adventurous, the Quartet celebrates every opportunity to bring their close-knit and lively style to audiences.Their connections to each other and the length of time they’ve shared the stage always shine through in their intuitive performances. The quartet has performed in some of the world’s finest halls, including New York City’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, London’s Wigmore Hall, Boston’s Jordan Hall, Mexico City's Palacio de Bellas Artes, Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center and Library of Congress, Austria’s Esterhazy Palace, and Seoul’s Sejong Chamber Hall.
GRAMMY®-award winning pianist Michelle Cann is lauded as “technically fearless with…an enormous, rich sound” (La Scena Musicale). Cann has become one of the most sought-after pianists of her generation. She made her debut with The Philadelphia Orchestra in 2021 and has recently performed concertos with The Cleveland Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the symphony orchestras of Atlanta, Baltimore, and Cincinnati. Highlights of her 2023-24 season included appearances with the Charlotte, Hawaii, Indianapolis, Québec, Sarasota, and Winnipeg symphony orchestras, and recitals in New York City, Portland, Berkeley, Beverly Hills, and Denver. Cann was the recipient of the 2022 Sphinx Medal of Excellence, the highest honor bestowed by the Sphinx Organization. She also received the Cleveland Institute of Music’s 2022 Alumni Achievement Award and the 2022 Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Award.
More About Jupiter String Quartet: The Jupiter String Quartet has performed in some of the world’s finest halls, including New York City’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, London’s Wigmore Hall, Boston’s Jordan Hall, Mexico City's Palacio de Bellas Artes, Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center and Library of Congress, Austria’s Esterhazy Palace, and Seoul’s Sejong Chamber Hall. Their major music festival appearances include the Aspen Music Festival and School, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, Rockport Music Festival, Music at Menlo, Tucson Winter Music Festival, the Seoul Spring Festival, and many others. In addition to their performing career, they have been artists-in-residence at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign since 2012, where they maintain private studios and direct the chamber music program.
Their chamber music honors and awards include the grand prizes in the Banff International String Quartet Competition and the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition; the Young Concert Artists International auditions in New York City; the Cleveland Quartet Award from Chamber Music America; an Avery Fisher Career Grant; and a grant from the Fromm Foundation. From 2007-2010, they were in residence at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Two.
The quartet's latest album is a collaboration with the Jasper String Quartet (Marquis Classics, 2021), produced by GRAMMY®-winner Judith Sherman. This collaborative album features the world premiere recording of Dan Visconti’s Eternal Breath, Felix Mendelssohn’s Octet in E-flat, Op. 20, and Osvaldo Golijov’s Last Round. The quartet’s discography also includes numerous recordings on labels including Azica Records and Deutsche Grammophon. The quartet chose its name because Jupiter was the most prominent planet in the night sky at the time of its formation and the astrological symbol for Jupiter resembles the number four.
More about Michelle Cann: Lauded as “exquisite” by The Philadelphia Inquirer and “a pianist of sterling artistry” by Gramophone, Michelle Cann has become one of the most sought-after pianists of her generation. She made her debut in 2021 with The Philadelphia Orchestra and has recently performed concertos with The Cleveland Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra, the Orquestra Sinfônica Municipal de São Paulo, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the symphony orchestras of Atlanta, Baltimore, and Cincinnati. Highlights of Cann’s 2023-24 season included appearances with the Charlotte, Hawaii, Indianapolis, Québec, Sarasota, and Winnipeg symphony orchestras, and recitals in New York City, Portland, Berkeley, Beverly Hills, and Denver.
Recognized as a leading interpreter of the piano music of Florence Price, Cann performed the New York City premiere of Price’s Piano Concerto in One Movement with The Dream Unfinished Orchestra in July 2016. Her recording of the concerto with the New York Youth Symphony won a Grammy Award in 2023. Her acclaimed debut solo album Revival, featuring music by Price and Margaret Bonds, was released in May 2023.
Cann was the recipient of the 2022 Sphinx Medal of Excellence, the highest honor bestowed by the Sphinx Organization. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in piano performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music and an Artist’s Diploma from the Curtis Institute of Music. Cann joined the Curtis piano faculty in 2020 as the inaugural Eleanor Sokoloff Chair in Piano Studies, and she joined the piano faculty of the Manhattan School of Music in 2023.
For Calendar Editors:
Description: The Jupiter String Quartet, described as “an ensemble of eloquent intensity” by The New Yorker, is presented by Bay Chamber Concerts, in four performances with “exquisite” (Philadelphia Inquirer) GRAMMY®-winning pianist Michelle Cann. Bay Chamber is dedicated to bringing “transformative musical experiences to Midcoast Maine.” On July 30 in Machias, ME the Jupiter Quartet and Michelle Cann will perform works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonín Dvořák. For the following three concerts in Camden, ME on August 1 and 2, the Quartet and Cann will perform music by Mozart and Dvořák, as well as works by Margaret Bonds, Wynton Marsalis, Florence Price, and Amy Beach.
Concert details:
Who: Jupiter String Quartet and GRAMMY®-winning Pianist Michelle Cann
Presented by Machias Bay Chamber Concerts
What: Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonin Dvořák
When: Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at 7:00pm
Where: Centre Street Congregational Church, 9 Center St., Machias, ME 04654
Tickets and information: www.machiasbaychamberconcerts.com/performances/current-details.php/2024-07-30-00-00-00-36/
Who: Jupiter String Quartet and GRAMMY®-winning Pianist Michelle Cann
Presented by Bay Chamber Concerts
What: Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonin Dvořák
When: Thursday, August 1, 2024 at 5:30pm
Where: Hammer Hall at Bay Chamber, 5 Mountain St. Camden, ME 04843
Tickets and information: www.baychamber.org/calendar/michelle-cann-piano-530
Who: Jupiter String Quartet and GRAMMY®-winning Pianist Michelle Cann
Presented by Bay Chamber Concerts
What: Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonin Dvořák
When: Thursday, August 1, 2024 at 8:00pm
Where: Hammer Hall at Bay Chamber, 5 Mountain St. Camden, ME 04843
Tickets and information: www.baychamber.org/calendar/michelle-cann-piano-8
Who: Jupiter String Quartet and GRAMMY®-winning Pianist Michelle Cann
Presented by Bay Chamber Concerts
What: Music by Margaret Bonds, Wynton Marsalis, Florence Price, and Amy Beach
When: Friday, August 2, 2023 at 8:00pm
Where: Hammer Hall at Bay Chamber, 5 Mountain St. Camden, ME 04843
Tickets and information: www.baychamber.org/calendar/jupiter-string-quartet
April 24: Jupiter String Quartet Presented by New Millennium Concert Series Performing Music by Su Lian Tan, Antonin Dvořák, and W.A. Mozart
The Jupiter String Quartet Presented by New Millennium Concert Series
Photo of the Jupiter Quartet by Todd Rosenberg available in high resolution at www.jensenartists.com/artists-profiles/jupiter-string
The Jupiter String Quartet
Presented by New Millennium Concert Series
Performing Music by Su Lian Tan, Antonin Dvořák, and W.A. Mozart
Wednesday, April 24, 2024 7pm
California State University, Sacramento
Capistrano Hall | 6000 J Street | Sacramento, CA
Tickets and Information
“an ensemble of eloquent intensity, has matured into one of the mainstays of the American chamber-music scene.” – The New Yorker
Sacramento, CA – The Jupiter String Quartet –– the internationally acclaimed winners of the Banff International String Quartet Competition and the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition who are known for their “compelling” performances (BBC Music Magazine) –– will be presented in concert by New Millennium Concert Series at CSUS Capistrano Hall (6000 J Street) on Wednesday, April 24, 2024 7pm.
Based in Urbana and giving concerts all over the country, the Jupiter String Quartet is a particularly intimate group, consisting of violinists Nelson Lee and Meg Freivogel, violist Liz Freivogel (Meg’s older sister), and cellist Daniel McDonough (Meg’s husband, Liz’s brother-in-law). Brought together by ties both familial and musical, the Jupiter Quartet has been performing together for 23 years. Exuding an energy that is at once friendly, knowledgeable, and adventurous, the Quartet celebrates every opportunity to bring their close-knit and lively style to audiences.Their connections to each other and the length of time they’ve shared the stage always shine through in their intuitive performances.
The Jupiter Quartet brings its well-honed musical chemistry to three works that span more than 225 years, highlighting a range of musical styles and unique personal experiences –– each of which directly influenced how the composers approached their respective musical ideas. The program includes: W.A. Mozart’s String Quartet No. 21 in D Major, K. 575 (1789); Antonin Dvořák’s String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat Major, Op. 105 B. 193 (1895); and Su Lian Tan’s Life in Wayang (2002).
Mozart wrote several of his later string quartets for the King of Prussia, Frederick Wilhelm II, who was an accomplished cellist. This explains the particular prominence of the cello line, and the elevation of all four voices to greater equality in general. The joyful interplay of the K. 575 quartet is a perfect example of this more democratic structure. Next on the program will be Su Lian Tan’s vivid Life in Wayang, which evokes sounds of traditional South Asian shadow puppet theater. The music is filled with percussive effects that imitate the sounds of the traditional gamelan ensemble. Dvořák’s exuberant and expansive A-flat Major Quartet will finish the program, and its folksy style showcases his joy in returning, after a long visit to America, to his beloved homeland of Czechoslovakia.
The Jupiter Quartet says of bringing this musically diverse program to the community of California State University, Sacramento:
“We are pleased to bring these vivid and engaging works to the audience in Sacramento, and happy that we will get to share both more familiar works and fresher ones. These three works showcase a great variety of sounds and timbres that the string quartet can create, from the refined, operatic beauty of Mozart to the bright, percussive brilliance of the gamelan-like sounds in Life in Wayang.
More About Jupiter String Quartet: This tight-knit ensemble is firmly established as an important voice in the world of chamber music. Artists-in-residence at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana since 2012, the Jupiter Quartet maintain private studios and direct the University’s chamber music program.
The Jupiter Quartet has performed in some of the world’s finest halls, including New York City’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, London’s Wigmore Hall, Boston’s Jordan Hall, Mexico City's Palacio de Bellas Artes, Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center and Library of Congress, Austria’s Esterhazy Palace, and Seoul’s Sejong Chamber Hall. Their major music festival appearances include the Aspen Music Festival and School, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, Rockport Music Festival, Music at Menlo, the Seoul Spring Festival, and many others. In addition to their performing career, they have been artists-in-residence at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign since 2012, where they maintain private studios and direct the chamber music program.
Their chamber music honors and awards include the grand prizes in the Banff International String Quartet Competition and the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition; the Young Concert Artists International auditions in New York City; the Cleveland Quartet Award from Chamber Music America; an Avery Fisher Career Grant; and a grant from the Fromm Foundation. From 2007-2010, they were in residence at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Two.
For Calendar Editors:
Description: The Jupiter Quartet, described by The New Yorker as having “technical finesse and rare expressive maturity,” is presented by New Millennium Concert Series for a performance at CSUS Capistrano Hall. The ensemble will perform a program that is diverse in its musical styles and in the creative sources of the composers’ respective works. The music reflects a colorful collage of inspirational elements, unified by a thread of compositional sophistication. Performed works will include, W.A. Mozart’s String Quartet No. 21 in D Major, K. 575 (1789), Antonin Dvořák’s String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat Major, Op. 105 B. 193 (1895), and Su Lian Tan’s Life in Wayang (2002).
Short description: The Jupiter Quartet, described as an ensemble of “technical finesse and rare expressive maturity” (The New Yorker), is presented by New Millennium Concert Series for a performance featuring the music of W.A. Mozart, Antonin Dvořák, and Su Lian Tan.
Concert details:
Who: Jupiter String Quartet Presented by New Millennium Concert Series
What: Music by W.A. Mozart, Antonin Dvořák, and Su Lian Tan.
When: Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 7pm
Where: California State University, Sacramento, Capistrano Hall, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819
Tickets and information: www.csus.edu/college/arts-letters/music/spotlight/new-millennium.html
Jupiter Quartet and Pianist Kenneth Osowski are Presented by York College of Pennsylvania – Performing Music by Wynton Marsalis, Su Lian Tan & Dvořák
The Jupiter String Quartet and Pianist Kenneth Osowski, Presented by York College of Pennsylvania
Photo of the Jupiter Quartet by Elle Logan available in high resolution at www.jensenartists.com/artists-profiles/jupiter-string
The Jupiter String Quartet and pianist Kenneth Osowski Perform in York on April 12
Presented by York College of Pennsylvania
Performing Music by Wynton Marsalis, Antonin Dvořák & Su Lian Tan
Friday, April 12, 2024 at 7:30pm
Waldner Performing Arts Center
441 Country Club Road | York, PA
Free and Open to the Public
More Information
“technical finesse and rare expressive maturity” – The New Yorker
York, PA – The Jupiter String Quartet –– internationally acclaimed winners of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and the Banff International String Quartet Competition, who are known for their “compelling” performances (BBC Music Magazine) –– will be presented in concert by York College of Pennsylvania at Waldner Performing Arts Center (441 Country Club Road) on Friday, April 12, 2024 at 7:30pm. The concert will feature a collaboration with York College faculty pianist Kenneth Osowski. The performance is free and open to the public.
The Jupiter Quartet will perform a program of works that spans more than a century and highlights a range of musical styles.The first half of the concert will include excerpts from At the Octoroon Balls, String Quartet No. 1 by Wynton Marsalis (1995), as well as Su Lian Tan’s Life in Wayang (2002). Mr. Osowski will join the quartet in the second half for a performance of Antonin Dvorak's Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81 (1887).
This globally inspired program pairs Su Lian Tan’s evocation of traditional South Asian puppet theater with Wynton Marsalis’ exploration of the complicated American Creole experience through the lens of a New Orleans ball. The program finishes with chamber music by Dvořák. His second Piano Quintet in A Major feels like the climatic milestone, as Dvořák had attempted to write in the quintet form, to his personal dissatisfaction, 10 years before this work’s conception in 1887. Not only does the Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major reflect a successful second attempt and a sophisticated display of chamber writing but its completion overlapped with a burst of international recognition for Dvořák.
The Jupiter Quartet says of performing this program and performing with Ken Osowski:
”We have known Ken since the very early years of our string quartet career, when all of us were students together at the Yellow Barn Music Festival in Vermont. He is a dynamic and engaging pianist, with an incredibly wide knowledge of musical styles and genres, and it is always a joy to get to play with him.”
Based in Urbana and giving concerts all over the country, the Jupiter String Quartet is a particularly intimate group, consisting of violinists Nelson Lee and Meg Freivogel, violist Liz Freivogel (Meg’s older sister), and cellist Daniel McDonough (Meg’s husband, Liz’s brother-in-law). Brought together by ties both familial and musical, the Jupiter Quartet has been performing together for 23 years. Exuding an energy that is at once friendly, knowledgeable, and adventurous, the Quartet celebrates every opportunity to bring their close-knit and lively style to audiences.Their connections to each other and the length of time they’ve shared the stage always shine through in their intuitive performances.
More About Jupiter String Quartet: This tight-knit ensemble is firmly established as an important voice in the world of chamber music. Artists-in-residence at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana since 2012, the Jupiter Quartet maintain private studios and direct the University’s chamber music program.
The Jupiter Quartet has performed in some of the world’s finest halls, including New York City’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, London’s Wigmore Hall, Boston’s Jordan Hall, Mexico City's Palacio de Bellas Artes, Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center and Library of Congress, Austria’s Esterhazy Palace, and Seoul’s Sejong Chamber Hall. Their major music festival appearances include the Aspen Music Festival and School, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, Rockport Music Festival, Music at Menlo, the Seoul Spring Festival, and many others. In addition to their performing career, they have been artists-in-residence at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign since 2012, where they maintain private studios and direct the chamber music program.
Their chamber music honors and awards include the grand prizes in the Banff International String Quartet Competition and the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition; the Young Concert Artists International auditions in New York City; the Cleveland Quartet Award from Chamber Music America; an Avery Fisher Career Grant; and a grant from the Fromm Foundation. From 2007-2010, they were in residence at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Two.
About Kenneth Osowski:
Ken Osowski serves as Associate Professor of Music at York College. Professor Osowski earned a doctoral degree from the Peabody Conservatory, a master’s degree from the University of Nevada, Reno, and a bachelor’s degree from Yale University. He serves as Principal Pianist of the York Symphony Orchestra, Collaborative Pianist for the York County Senior Honors Choir, and Founder/Artistic Director for the York Chamber Players. Professor Osowski has collaborated with the Jupiter, Lydian, and Parker String Quartets, and Apollo Chamber Players. He has also appeared as soloist with the Hershey Symphony and York Symphony Orchestra.
For Calendar Editors:
Description: The Jupiter Quartet, the Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign who are described by The New Yorker as having “technical finesse and rare expressive maturity,” is presented by York College of Pennsylvania for a performance at Waldner Performing Arts Center (441 Country Club Road). The ensemble will perform a stylistically diverse, collaborative program that includes excerpts from At the Octoroon Balls, String Quartet No. 1 by Wynton Marsalis, Su Lian Tan’s Life in Wayang and Antonin Dvořák’s Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81 (1887), performed with pianist Ken Osowski.
Short description: The Jupiter Quartet, who are described as having an ensemble of “technical finesse and rare expressive maturity” (The New Yorker), is presented by York College of Pennsylvania in a collaborative concert with pianist Ken Osowski, performing the music of Wynton Marsalis, Su Lian Tan, and Antonin Dvořák.
Concert details:
Who: Jupiter String Quartet with Pianist Ken Osowski
Presented by York College of Pennsylvania
What: Music by Su Lian Tan, Wynton Marsalis, and Antonin Dvořák
When: Friday, April 12, 2024 at 7:30pm
Where: Waldner Performing Arts Center, 441 Country Club Road, York, PA 17403
Tickets and information: www.ycp.edu/news-and-events/events/featured/
Jupiter Quartet Presented by the San Francisco Conservatory of Music
The Jupiter String Quartet Presented by the San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Performing the Music of Anton Arensky, Nathan Shields, and Max Bruch
Photo of the Jupiter Quartet by Todd Rosenberg available in high resolution at www.jensenartists.com/artists-profiles/jupiter-string
Jupiter Quartet Presented by the San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Performing the Music of Anton Arensky,
Nathan Shields, and Max Bruch
Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at 7:30pm
Barbro Osher Recital Hall | 50 Oak Street | San Francisco, CA
“The Jupiter String Quartet, an ensemble of eloquent intensity, has matured into one of the mainstays of the American chamber-music scene.”
– The New Yorker
San Francisco, CA – The Jupiter String Quartet –– internationally acclaimed winners of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and the Banff International String Quartet Competition, who are known for their “compelling” performances (BBC Music Magazine) –– will be presented in concert for Chamber Music Tuesday by the San Francisco Conservatory of Music on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at 7:30pm. The concert will feature performances of Anton Arensky’s String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Medusa by Nathan Shields, and Max Bruch’s String Octet in B-flat Major. This performance is part of a week-long residency by the Jupiter Quartet, wherein the ensemble will present several masterclasses and rehearsals for the students of SFCM.
Giving concerts all over the country, the Jupiter String Quartet is a particularly intimate group, consisting of violinists Nelson Lee and Meg Freivogel, violist Liz Freivogel (Meg’s older sister), and cellist Daniel McDonough (Meg’s husband, Liz’s brother-in-law). Brought together by ties both familial and musical, the Jupiter Quartet has been performing together since 2001 and has been the quartet-in-residence at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign since 2012. Exuding an energy that is at once friendly, knowledgeable, and adventurous, the Quartet celebrates every opportunity to bring their close-knit and lively style to audiences. Their connections to each other and the length of time they’ve shared the stage always shine through in their intuitive performances.
For this chamber concert, the Jupiter Quartet will perform a program that stokes intrigue, both through the boldness of the music and the sophistication of the arrangements. Several student musicians of SFCM will collaborate with the ensemble during the performance. (Additional musicians are subject to change).
The concert will include Anton Arensky’s String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor –– a piece which features the unusual combination of two cellos, one viola, and one violin –– resulting in a darker, richer timbre than the usual string quartet makeup. Arensky wrote the piece in homage to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, who died a year prior to its composition, and as such features lovely melodic lines as well as flashy virtuosity. The Jupiter Quartet will perform this piece in collaboration with SFCM student cellist, Constantine Janello. Additionally, the Jupiter Quartet will perform Nathan Shields’ new quartet, Medusa –– a work composed for the ensemble for Shields’ Guggenheim Fellowship. The work uses the scintillating paintings of Caravaggio as an inspiration for exploring the effects of various types of political and social violence. Lastly, the program will feature Max Bruch’s beautifully lush String Octet in B-flat Major, for four violins, two violas, cello and double bass. SFCM students musicians –– violinists Shintaro Taneda, Mathea Goh; violist Isabel Tannenbaum; and bassist Christopher Yick –– will accompany the Jupiter Quartet. The composer’s final work, it was completed in 1920 –– the year of Bruch’s death. However, the piece would remain in obscurity for several decades, as it was not published until 1996.
Jupiter Quartet says of working in residency with SFCM and performing this program for the SFCM community:
“We are so pleased to be able to spend several days at SFCM, both teaching and collaborating with the students and faculty there. We are particularly excited to get to perform together with some of the SFCM students at our recital. Playing together in performance is one of our favorite ways to interact with students, as it is a dynamic and joyful way to exchange ideas.”
More About Jupiter String Quartet: The Jupiter Quartet has performed in some of the world’s finest halls, including New York City’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, London’s Wigmore Hall, Boston’s Jordan Hall, Mexico City's Palacio de Bellas Artes, Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center and Library of Congress, Austria’s Esterhazy Palace, and Seoul’s Sejong Chamber Hall. Their major music festival appearances include the Aspen Music Festival and School, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, Rockport Music Festival, Music at Menlo, the Seoul Spring Festival, and many others. In addition to their performing career, they have been artists-in-residence at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign since 2012, where they maintain private studios and direct the chamber music program.
Their chamber music honors and awards include the grand prizes in the Banff International String Quartet Competition and the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition; the Young Concert Artists International auditions in New York City; the Cleveland Quartet Award from Chamber Music America; an Avery Fisher Career Grant; and a grant from the Fromm Foundation. From 2007-2010, they were in residence at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Two.
The quartet's latest album is a collaboration with the Jasper String Quartet (Marquis Classics, 2021), produced by Grammy-winner Judith Sherman. This collaborative album features the world premiere recording of Dan Visconti’s Eternal Breath, Felix Mendelssohn’s Octet in E-flat, Op. 20, and Osvaldo Golijov’s Last Round. The quartet’s discography also includes numerous recordings on labels including Azica Records and Deutsche Grammophon.
The quartet chose its name because Jupiter was the most prominent planet in the night sky at the time of its formation and the astrological symbol for Jupiter resembles the number four. For more information, visit www.jupiterquartet.com.
For Calendar Editors:
Description: The Jupiter Quartet, the Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, who are described by The New Yorker as an ensemble of “technical finesse and rare expressive maturity,” is presented by the San Francisco Conservatory of Music for a performance at Barbro Osher Recital Hall (50 Oak Street). The Jupiter Quartet will perform a program sparked with intrigue, including Anton Arensky’s String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor and Nathan Shields’ Medusa, in addition to Max Bruch’s String Octet in B-flat Major.
Short description: The Jupiter Quartet, an ensemble of “technical finesse and rare expressive maturity” (The New Yorker), is presented by the San Francisco Conservatory of Music for a performance featuring the music of Anton Arensky, Nathan Shields, and Max Bruch.
Concert details:
Who: Jupiter Quartet and SFCM student musicians: violinists Shintaro Taneda, Mathea Goh; violist Isabel Tannenbaum; cellist, Constantine Janello; bassist Christopher Yick
Presented by the San Francisco Conservatory of Music
What: Music by Anton Arensky, Nathan Shields, and Max Bruch
When: Wednesday, April 2, 2024 at 7:30pm
Where: Barbro Osher Recital Hall, 50 Oak Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Tickets and information: www.sfcm.edu/experience/performances/chamber-music-tuesday-jupiter-string-quartet
Jupiter Quartet Presented by San Antonio Chamber Music Society in Folk Encounters
The Jupiter String Quartet Presented by San Antonio Chamber Music Society in Folk Encounters
Performing Music by Su Lian Tan, Wynton Marsalis, and Antonin Dvořák
Photo of the Jupiter Quartet by Todd Rosenberg available in high resolution at www.jensenartists.com/artists-profiles/jupiter-string
The Jupiter String Quartet Presented by San Antonio Chamber Music Society in Folk Encounters
Performing Music by Su Lian Tan,
Wynton Marsalis, and Antonin Dvořák
Sunday, March 3, 2024 at 3:15pm
Trinity Baptist Church | 319 E. Mulberry Avenue | San Antonio, TX
Tickets and Information at: www.sacms.org/concert-4/
“technical finesse and rare expressive maturity” – The New Yorker
San Antonio, TX – The Jupiter String Quartet –– the internationally acclaimed winners of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and the Banff International String Quartet Competition, who are known for their “compelling” performances (BBC Music Magazine) –– will be presented in concert by San Antonio Chamber Music Society at Trinity Baptist Church (319 E. Mulberry Avenue) on Sunday, March 3, 2024 at 3:15pm.
The Jupiter Quartet will perform a program of works that spans more than a century and highlights a range of musical styles, including excerpts from "At the Octoroon Balls," String Quartet No. 1 by Wynton Marsalis (1995), Antonin Dvořák’s String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat Major, Op. 105 B. 193, and Su Lian Tan’s “Life in Wayang” (2002).
The first half of this globally-inspired program pairs Su Lian Tan’s evocation of traditional South Asian puppet theater with Wynton Marsalis’ exploration of the complicated American Creole experience through the lens of a New Orleans ball. The program finishes with folk-inspired chamber music by Dvořák. Dvořák’s exuberant and expansive A-flat Major quartet reflects the composer’s delight in finding kinship between the folk music of America and his beloved homeland of Czechoslovakia
The Jupiter Quartet says of performing this historically diverse program:
“We are looking forward very much to performing this challenging and vibrant program for the audience in San Antonio. These three works really show the range of what a string quartet can do, from the wild frenzy of Marsalis’s “Hellbound Highball” and the clanging gamelan-like tones throughout Tan’s work, to the beautiful romanticism of Dvorak’s late quartets.”
Based in Urbana and giving concerts all over the country, the Jupiter String Quartet is a particularly intimate group, consisting of violinists Nelson Lee and Meg Freivogel, violist Liz Freivogel (Meg’s older sister), and cellist Daniel McDonough (Meg’s husband, Liz’s brother-in-law). Brought together by ties both familial and musical, the Jupiter Quartet has been performing together for 23 years. Exuding an energy that is at once friendly, knowledgeable, and adventurous, the Quartet celebrates every opportunity to bring their close-knit and lively style to audiences.Their connections to each other and the length of time they’ve shared the stage always shine through in their intuitive performances.
More About Jupiter String Quartet: This tight-knit ensemble is firmly established as an important voice in the world of chamber music. Artists-in-residence at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana since 2012, the Jupiter Quartet maintain private studios and direct the University’s chamber music program.
The Jupiter Quartet has performed in some of the world’s finest halls, including New York City’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, London’s Wigmore Hall, Boston’s Jordan Hall, Mexico City's Palacio de Bellas Artes, Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center and Library of Congress, Austria’s Esterhazy Palace, and Seoul’s Sejong Chamber Hall. Their major music festival appearances include the Aspen Music Festival and School, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, Rockport Music Festival, Music at Menlo, the Seoul Spring Festival, and many others. In addition to their performing career, they have been artists-in-residence at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign since 2012, where they maintain private studios and direct the chamber music program.
Their chamber music honors and awards include the grand prizes in the Banff International String Quartet Competition and the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition; the Young Concert Artists International auditions in New York City; the Cleveland Quartet Award from Chamber Music America; an Avery Fisher Career Grant; and a grant from the Fromm Foundation. From 2007-2010, they were in residence at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Two.
For Calendar Editors:
Description: The Jupiter Quartet, the Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign who are described by The New Yorker as having “technical finesse and rare expressive maturity,” is presented by San Antonio Chamber Music Society for a performance at Trinity Baptist Church, (319 E. Mulberry Avenue). The ensemble will perform a stylistically diverse, collaborative program that includes excerpts from "At the Octoroon Balls," String Quartet No. 1 by Wynton Marsalis, and Su Lian Tan’s Life in Wayang. and Antonin Dvořák’s String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat Major, Op. 105 B. 193 (1895).
Short description: The Jupiter Quartet, who are described as having an ensemble of “technical finesse and rare expressive maturity” (The New Yorker), is presented by San Antonio Chamber Music Society for a performance featuring the music of Wynton Marsalis, Su Lian Tan, and Antonin Dvořák.
Concert details:
Who: Jupiter String Quartet
Presented by San Antonio Chamber Music Society
What: Music by Su Lian Tan, Wynton Marsalis, and Antonin Dvořák.
When: Sunday, March 3, 2024 at 3:15pm
Where: Trinity Baptist Church, 319 E. Mulberry Avenue, San Antonio, TX 78212
Tickets and information: www.sacms.org/concert-4/
Feb. 12-13: Jupiter Quartet Presented in Two Virginia Performances with Pianist Soyeon Kate Lee
The Jupiter String Quartet Presented in Two Virginia Performances with Guest Pianist Soyeon Kate Lee
Performing Music by Elizabeth Maconchy, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Johannes Brahms
Photo of the Jupiter Quartet by Todd Rosenberg available in high resolution at www.jensenartists.com/artists-profiles/jupiter-string
The Jupiter Quartet Presented in Two Performances with Pianist Soyeon Kate Lee
Performing Music by Elizabeth Maconchy, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Johannes Brahms
Monday, February 12, 2024 at 7:30pm
Kaufman Theater at Chrysler Museum of Art | 1 Memorial Place | Norfolk, VA
Tickets and Information at
www.feldmanchambermusic.org/jupiter-string-quartet-and-soyeon-kate-lee-february-12-2024/
Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 7:30pm
Williamsburg Regional Library | 515 Scotland St. | Williamsburg, VA
Tickets and Information at
www.chambermusicwilliamsburg.org/jupiter-string-quartet-soyeon-kate-lee-february-13-2024
“an ensemble of eloquent intensity”
– The New Yorker
www.jupiterquartet.com | www.SoyeonKateLee.com
Norfolk & Williamsburg, VA – The Jupiter String Quartet – the quartet-in-residence at the University of Illinois since 2012 and internationally acclaimed winners of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and the Banff International String Quartet Competition – is presented in two performances with pianist Soyeon Kate Lee on Monday, February 12 and Tuesday, February 13, 2024.
On February 12 at 7:30pm, the Jupiter Quartet and Lee will be presented in concert by the Feldman Chamber Music Society at the Kaufman Theater at Chrysler Museum of Art (1 Memorial Place). On February 13 at 7:30pm, Lee and the ensemble will be presented by the Chamber Music Society of Williamsburg at the Williamsburg Regional Library (515 Scotland St.). Both of these concerts include Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2; Elizabeth Maconchy’s String Quartet No. 3; and Johannes Brahms’ Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34.
Based in Urbana and giving concerts all over the country, the Jupiter String Quartet is a particularly intimate group, consisting of violinists Nelson Lee and Meg Freivogel, violist Liz Freivogel (Meg’s older sister), and cellist Daniel McDonough (Meg’s husband, Liz’s brother-in-law). Brought together by ties both familial and musical, the Jupiter Quartet has been performing together since 2001. Exuding an energy that is at once friendly, knowledgeable, and adventurous, the Quartet celebrates every opportunity to bring their close-knit and lively style to audiences.Their connections to each other and the length of time they’ve shared the stage always shine through in their intuitive performances.
The Jupiter Quartet says of performing with Soyeon Kate Lee:
“We are very excited to bring the wonderful pianist Soyeon Kate Lee to the University of Illinois campus. We have enjoyed teaching side by side with her at the Bowdoin International Music Festival for several summers, and are always amazed by her sensitive musicality and formidable technique in the many performances we have witnessed there. The Krannert audience is in for a real treat.”
Mozart wrote his Quartet in D Major, K. 575, as part of a set of three composed in the final period of his life. Professionally and financially he was struggling, but this quartet in particular is full of joy and beauty, with all four voices of the quartet actively engaged. Bartok’s sixth quartet similarly comes from the closing years of of his life and features a composer very comfortable with the demands of writing for the string quartet medium. The quartet was conceived during the second world war as he struggled to deal both with the turmoil in his homeland of Hungary and his mother’s acute illness. He eventually fled to the United States after his mother’s death. Initially, Brahms composed his popular four movement Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34 as a string quintet meant to include two cellos. From there, the piece came to be altered into a sonata for two pianos, and eventually took on a final arrangement as a piano quintet. The work is dedicated to Princess Anna of Hesse.
More About Jupiter String Quartet: The Jupiter Quartet has performed in some of the world’s finest halls, including New York City’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, London’s Wigmore Hall, Boston’s Jordan Hall, Mexico City's Palacio de Bellas Artes, Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center and Library of Congress, Austria’s Esterhazy Palace, and Seoul’s Sejong Chamber Hall. Their major music festival appearances include the Aspen Music Festival and School, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, Rockport Music Festival, Caramoor International Music Festival, Music at Menlo, Tucson Winter Chamber Music Festival, the Banff Centre, the Seoul Spring Festival, and many others. In addition to their performing career, they have been artists-in-residence at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign since 2012, where they maintain private studios and direct the chamber music program.
Their chamber music honors and awards include the grand prizes in the Banff International String Quartet Competition and the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition; the Young Concert Artists International auditions in New York City; the Cleveland Quartet Award from Chamber Music America; an Avery Fisher Career Grant; and a grant from the Fromm Foundation. From 2007-2010, they were in residence at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Two.
The Jupiter String Quartet feels a strong connection to the core string quartet repertoire; they have presented the complete Bartok and Beethoven string quartets on numerous occasions. Also deeply committed to new music, they have commissioned string quartets from Nathan Shields, Stephen Andrew Taylor, Michi Wiancko, Syd Hodkinson, Hannah Lash, Dan Visconti, and Kati Agócs; a quintet with baritone voice by Mark Adamo; and a piano quintet by Pierre Jalbert.
The quartet's latest album is a collaboration with the Jasper String Quartet (Marquis Classics, 2021), produced by Grammy-winner Judith Sherman. This collaborative album features the world premiere recording of Dan Visconti’s Eternal Breath, Felix Mendelssohn’s Octet in E-flat, Op. 20, and Osvaldo Golijov’s Last Round. The Arts Fuse acclaimed, “This joint album from the Jupiter String Quartet and Jasper String Quartet is striking for its backstory but really memorable for its smart program and fine execution.” The quartet’s discography also includes numerous recordings on labels including Azica Records and Deutsche Grammophon.
Highlights of the Jupiter Quartet’s 2023-24 season include performances presented by Music at Kohl Mansion, San Antonio Chamber Music Society, Camerata Musica, UNLV Chamber Music Series, and Feldman Chamber Music Society and Chamber Music Society of Williamsburg with pianist Soyeon Kate Lee, as well as residencies at San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the University of Idaho as part of the Auditorium Chamber Music Series. As artists-in-residence at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, they also perform a series of concerts at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.
The quartet chose its name because Jupiter was the most prominent planet in the night sky at the time of its formation and the astrological symbol for Jupiter resembles the number four.
About Soyeon Kate Lee: First prize winner of the Naumburg International Piano Competition and the Concert Artist Guild International Competition, Korean-American pianist Soyeon Kate Lee has been lauded by The New York Times as a pianist with "a huge, richly varied sound, a lively imagination and a firm sense of style," and by the Washington Post for her "stunning command of the keyboard.”
Highlights of recent seasons include appearances at the National Gallery, Library of Congress, Gina Bachauer Concerts, Purdue Convocations, Music@Menlo, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center on tour, San Francisco Performances, Camerata Pacifica tour, Chamber Music Chicago, and the Cleveland Art Museum. She was a member of Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society’s Bowers program, and is a regular participant in numerous chamber music festivals including the Great Lakes, Santa Fe and Music Mountain Chamber Music Festivals. Ms. Lee has collaborated with conductors Carlos Miguel Prieto, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Jahja Ling, and Jorge Mester with the London, San Diego, Hawaii, Louisiana, Naples symphony orchestras among others.
She has commissioned works by prominent composers and has given world premieres of works written by Frederic Rzewski, Marc-André Hamelin, Alexander Goehr, Gabriela Lena Frank, Texu Kim, and Huang Ruo.
As a Naxos recording artist, her discography spans a wide range of repertoire from two volumes of Scarlatti Sonatas, Liszt Opera Transcriptions, two volumes of Scriabin, and Clementi Sonatas. Ms. Lee’s recording of Re!nvented under the E1/Entertainment One (formerly Koch Classics) label garnered her a feature review in the Gramophone Magazine and the Classical Recording Foundation’s Young Artist of the Year Award.
A second prize and Mozart Prize winner of the 2003 Cleveland International Piano Competition and a laureate of the Santander International Piano Competition in Spain, Ms. Lee has worked extensively with Richard Goode, Robert McDonald, Ursula Oppens, and Jerome Lowenthal. A graduate of The Juilliard School, Ms. Lee was awarded the William Petschek Piano Debut Award at Lincoln Center and the Arthur Rubinstein Award and received her Doctor of Musical Arts from The Graduate Center, City University of New York.
In 2022, Soyeon Kate Lee joined the piano faculty at the Juilliard School, and serves on the piano faculty at the Bowdoin International Music Festival during the summers. She resides in New York with her husband, pianist Ran Dank, and their two children, Noah and Ella.
For Calendar Editors:
Description: The Jupiter Quartet, the Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign which The New Yorker describes as “an ensemble of eloquent intensity,” is presented with pianist Soyeon Kate Lee in two performances on February 12 and 13 by Feldman Chamber Music Society and the Chamber Music Society of Williamsburg respectively. The ensemble will perform a vibrant and stylistically diverse program, that includes Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2; Elizabeth Maconchy’s String Quartet No. 3; and Johannes Brahms’s Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34, which the Quartet will perform in collaboration with Lee.
Short description: The Jupiter Quartet, who are described as “an ensemble of eloquent intensity” (The New Yorker), is presented with pianist Soyeon Kate Lee in two performances on February 12 and 13 by the Feldman Chamber Music Society and the Chamber Music Society of Williamsburg respectively. Each concert will feature the music of Ludwig van Beethoven, Elizabeth Maconchy, Johannes Brahms.
Concert details:
Who:Jupiter String Quartet and pianist Soyeon Kate Lee
Presented by Feldman Chamber Music Society
What: Music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Elizabeth Maconchy, Johannes Brahms
When: Monday, February 12, 2024 at 7:30pm
Where: Kaufman Theater at Chrysler Museum of Art, 1 Memorial Place, Norfolk, VA 23510
Tickets and information: www.feldmanchambermusic.org/jupiter-string-quartet-and-soyeon-kate-lee-february-12-2024/
Who: Jupiter String Quartet and pianist Soyeon Kate Lee
Presented by Chamber Music Society of Williamsburg
What: Music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Elizabeth Maconchy, Johannes Brahms
When: Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 7:30pm
Where: Williamsburg Regional Library, 515 Scotland St., Williamsburg, VA 23185
Tickets and information: www.chambermusicwilliamsburg.org/jupiter-string-quartet-soyeon-kate-lee-february-13-2024/
Feb. 6: The Jupiter Quartet Presented by Krannert Center in Third Series Concert Featuring Guest Pianist Soyeon Kate Lee
The Jupiter String Quartet Presented by Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Third Series Concert
Featuring Guest Pianist Soyeon Kate Lee
Performing Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Béla Bartók, and Johannes Brahms
Photo of the Jupiter Quartet by Todd Rosenberg available in high resolution at www.jensenartists.com/artists-profiles/jupiter-string
The Jupiter String Quartet
Presented by Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
in Third Series Concert
Featuring Guest Pianist Soyeon Kate Lee
Performing Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Béla Bartók, and Johannes Brahms
Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at 7:30pm
University of Illinois | Foellinger Great Hall
500 S Goodwin Ave. | Urbana, IL
Tickets and Information at
https://krannertcenter.com/events/jupiter-string-quartet-soyeon-kate-lee-piano
“technical finesse and rare expressive maturity”
– The New Yorker
www.jupiterquartet.com | www.SoyeonKateLee.com
Urbana, IL – The Jupiter String Quartet –– the quartet-in-residence at the University of Illinois since 2012 and internationally acclaimed winners of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and the Banff International String Quartet Competition –– continues their 2023-2024 concert series presented by Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Foellinger Great Hall (500 S. Goodwin Ave) on Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at 7:30pm, performing together with pianist Soyeon Kate Lee.
The Jupiter Quartet will perform a program of works by composers at the height of their creative powers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Quartet K. 575, Béla Bartók’s Quartet No. 6 (1939), and the Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34 by Johannes Brahms (1864).
Based in Urbana and giving concerts all over the country, the Jupiter String Quartet is a particularly intimate group, consisting of violinists Nelson Lee and Meg Freivogel, violist Liz Freivogel (Meg’s older sister), and cellist Daniel McDonough (Meg’s husband, Liz’s brother-in-law). Brought together by ties both familial and musical, the Jupiter Quartet has been performing together since 2001. Exuding an energy that is at once friendly, knowledgeable, and adventurous, the Quartet celebrates every opportunity to bring their close-knit and lively style to audiences.Their connections to each other and the length of time they’ve shared the stage always shine through in their intuitive performances.
The Jupiter Quartet says of performing with Soyeon Kate Lee:
“We are very excited to bring the wonderful pianist Soyeon Kate Lee to the University of Illinois campus. We have enjoyed teaching side by side with her at the Bowdoin International Music Festival for several summers, and are always amazed by her sensitive musicality and formidable technique in the many performances we have witnessed there. The Krannert audience is in for a real treat.”
Mozart wrote his Quartet in D Major, K. 575, as part of a set of three composed in the final period of his life. Professionally and financially he was struggling, but this quartet in particular is full of joy and beauty, with all four voices of the quartet actively engaged. Bartok’s sixth quartet similarly comes from the closing years of of his life and features a composer very comfortable with the demands of writing for the string quartet medium. The quartet was conceived during the second world war as he struggled to deal both with the turmoil in his homeland of Hungary and his mother’s acute illness. He eventually fled to the United States after his mother’s death. Initially, Brahms composed his popular four movement Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34 as a string quintet meant to include two cellos. From there, the piece came to be altered into a sonata for two pianos, and eventually took on a final arrangement as a piano quintet. The work is dedicated to Princess Anna of Hesse.
More About Jupiter String Quartet: The Jupiter Quartet has performed in some of the world’s finest halls, including New York City’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, London’s Wigmore Hall, Boston’s Jordan Hall, Mexico City's Palacio de Bellas Artes, Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center and Library of Congress, Austria’s Esterhazy Palace, and Seoul’s Sejong Chamber Hall. Their major music festival appearances include the Aspen Music Festival and School, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, Rockport Music Festival, Caramoor International Music Festival, Music at Menlo, Tucson Winter Chamber Music Festival, the Banff Centre, the Seoul Spring Festival, and many others. In addition to their performing career, they have been artists-in-residence at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign since 2012, where they maintain private studios and direct the chamber music program.
Their chamber music honors and awards include the grand prizes in the Banff International String Quartet Competition and the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition; the Young Concert Artists International auditions in New York City; the Cleveland Quartet Award from Chamber Music America; an Avery Fisher Career Grant; and a grant from the Fromm Foundation. From 2007-2010, they were in residence at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Two.
The Jupiter String Quartet feels a strong connection to the core string quartet repertoire; they have presented the complete Bartok and Beethoven string quartets on numerous occasions. Also deeply committed to new music, they have commissioned string quartets from Nathan Shields, Stephen Andrew Taylor, Michi Wiancko, Syd Hodkinson, Hannah Lash, Dan Visconti, and Kati Agócs; a quintet with baritone voice by Mark Adamo; and a piano quintet by Pierre Jalbert.
The quartet's latest album is a collaboration with the Jasper String Quartet (Marquis Classics, 2021), produced by Grammy-winner Judith Sherman. This collaborative album features the world premiere recording of Dan Visconti’s Eternal Breath, Felix Mendelssohn’s Octet in E-flat, Op. 20, and Osvaldo Golijov’s Last Round. The Arts Fuse acclaimed, “This joint album from the Jupiter String Quartet and Jasper String Quartet is striking for its backstory but really memorable for its smart program and fine execution.” The quartet’s discography also includes numerous recordings on labels including Azica Records and Deutsche Grammophon.
Highlights of the Jupiter Quartet’s 2023-24 season include performances presented by Music at Kohl Mansion, San Antonio Chamber Music Society, Camerata Musica, UNLV Chamber Music Series, and Feldman Chamber Music Society and Chamber Music Society of Williamsburg with pianist Soyeon Kate Lee, as well as residencies at San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the University of Idaho as part of the Auditorium Chamber Music Series. As artists-in-residence at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, they also perform a series of concerts at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.
The quartet chose its name because Jupiter was the most prominent planet in the night sky at the time of its formation and the astrological symbol for Jupiter resembles the number four.
About Soyeon Kate Lee: First prize winner of the Naumburg International Piano Competition and the Concert Artist Guild International Competition, Korean-American pianist Soyeon Kate Lee has been lauded by The New York Times as a pianist with "a huge, richly varied sound, a lively imagination and a firm sense of style," and by the Washington Post for her "stunning command of the keyboard.”
Highlights of recent seasons include appearances at the National Gallery, Library of Congress, Gina Bachauer Concerts, Purdue Convocations, Music@Menlo, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center on tour, San Francisco Performances, Camerata Pacifica tour, Chamber Music Chicago, and the Cleveland Art Museum. She was a member of Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society’s Bowers program, and is a regular participant in numerous chamber music festivals including the Great Lakes, Santa Fe and Music Mountain Chamber Music Festivals. Ms. Lee has collaborated with conductors Carlos Miguel Prieto, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Jahja Ling, and Jorge Mester with the London, San Diego, Hawaii, Louisiana, Naples symphony orchestras among others.
She has commissioned works by prominent composers and has given world premieres of works written by Frederic Rzewski, Marc-André Hamelin, Alexander Goehr, Gabriela Lena Frank, Texu Kim, and Huang Ruo.
As a Naxos recording artist, her discography spans a wide range of repertoire from two volumes of Scarlatti Sonatas, Liszt Opera Transcriptions, two volumes of Scriabin, and Clementi Sonatas. Ms. Lee’s recording of Re!nvented under the E1/Entertainment One (formerly Koch Classics) label garnered her a feature review in the Gramophone Magazine and the Classical Recording Foundation’s Young Artist of the Year Award.
A second prize and Mozart Prize winner of the 2003 Cleveland International Piano Competition and a laureate of the Santander International Piano Competition in Spain, Ms. Lee has worked extensively with Richard Goode, Robert McDonald, Ursula Oppens, and Jerome Lowenthal. A graduate of The Juilliard School, Ms. Lee was awarded the William Petschek Piano Debut Award at Lincoln Center and the Arthur Rubinstein Award and received her Doctor of Musical Arts from The Graduate Center, City University of New York.
In 2022, Soyeon Kate Lee joined the piano faculty at the Juilliard School, and serves on the piano faculty at the Bowdoin International Music Festival during the summers. She resides in New York with her husband, pianist Ran Dank, and their two children, Noah and Ella.
For Calendar Editors:
Description: The Jupiter Quartet, the Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign which The New Yorker describes as “an ensemble of eloquent intensity,” is presented by Krannert Center for a performance with pianist Soyeon Kate Lee in Foellinger Great Hall (500 S Goodwin Ave.). The ensemble will perform a bold and stylistically diverse concert program, featuring Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Quartet No. 21 K. 575 (1789), Béla Bartók’s Quartet No. 6 (1939), and Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34 by Johannes Brahms (1864), which the Quartet will perform with guest pianist, Soyeon Kate Lee.
Short description: The Jupiter Quartet, who are described as “an ensemble of eloquent intensity” (The New Yorker), is presented by Krannert Center for a performance with pianist Soyeon Kate Lee featuring the music of Michi Wiancko, Béla Bartók, and Johannes Brahms.
Concert details:
Who: Jupiter String Quartet and pianist Soyeon Kate Lee
Presented by Krannert Center
What: Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Bela Bartók, and Johannes Brahms
When: Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at 7:30pm
Where: University of Illinois, Krannert Center, Foellinger Great Hall, 500 S Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Tickets and information: www.krannertcenter.com/events/jupiter-string-quartet-soyeon-kate-lee-piano
Jupiter Quartet Presented by Auditorium Chamber Music Series at The University of Idaho
Jupiter Quartet Presented by Auditorium Chamber Music Series at The University of Idaho
Performing Music by Michi Wiancko, Bela Bartók, and Ludwig van Beethoven
Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 7:30pm | University of Idaho Administration Auditorium
The Jupiter String Quartet is Presented by
Auditorium Chamber Music Series at The University of Idaho
Performing Music by Michi Wiancko, Bela Bartók, and Ludwig van Beethoven
Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 7:30pm
University of Idaho Administration Auditorium
851 Campus Dr | Moscow, ID
Tickets and Information at
www.uidaho.edu/class/acms/concerts
“The Jupiter String Quartet, an ensemble of eloquent intensity, has matured into one of the mainstays of the American chamber-music scene.”
– The New Yorker
Moscow, ID – On Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 7:30pm, the Jupiter String Quartet –– internationally acclaimed winners of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and the Banff International String Quartet Competition –– will be presented in concert by the Auditorium Chamber Music Series at The University of Idaho. The performance will be held in the University of Idaho Administration Auditorium (851 Campus Drive).
The award-winning ensemble will perform an assortment of bold selections from the early 19th century through to the present day: Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2. (1808), Bela Bartók’s String Quartet No. 6 (1939), and Michi Wiancko’s To Unpathed Waters, Undreamed Shores (2020) –– a work written specifically for the Jupiter Quartet, which was commissioned by Bay Chamber Concerts in partnership with the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Giving concerts all over the country, the Jupiter String Quartet is a particularly intimate group, consisting of violinists Nelson Lee and Meg Freivogel, violist Liz Freivogel (Meg’s older sister), and cellist Daniel McDonough (Meg’s husband, Liz’s brother-in-law). Brought together by ties both familial and musical, the Jupiter Quartet has been performing together since 2001 and has been the quartet-in-residence at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign since 2012. Exuding an energy that is at once friendly, knowledgeable, and adventurous, the Quartet celebrates every opportunity to bring their close-knit and lively style to audiences. Their connections to each other and the length of time they’ve shared the stage always shine through in their intuitive performances.
Of these three emotive works, which highlight notably different points of inspiration across several centuries, the Jupiter Quartet says:
“We are pleased to present three of our favorite dramatic works for the audience in Idaho—the timely “To Unpathed Waters, Undreamed Shores” by Michi Wiancko, which addresses topics related to climate change; the wonderful last quartet of Bela Bartok, which is full of both haunting beauty and biting sarcasm; and the volatile and electric Op. 59 No. 2 Quartet by Beethoven, with its sublimely transcendent slow movement.”
Beethoven’s epic eighth quartet, one of his “Razumovsky” String Quartets, is one of the many works he wrote during a time of immense political turmoil. Bartók’s sixth and final string quartet was also conceived during the second world war as he struggled to deal both with the turmoil in his homeland of Hungary and his mother’s acute illness. He eventually fled to the United States after his mother’s death.
Michi Wiancko’s Unpathed Waters, Undreamed Shores was written for the Jupiter Quartet and is a response to climate change. Over the work’s seven movements, Wiancko traverses a broad spectrum of emotional depth: the joy of curiosity around nature’s complexity, mourning the ongoing struggles of those most in need, urgency in the face of increasing environmental crises, and an energized call for positive change through humanity’s collective bond.
More About Jupiter String Quartet: This tight-knit ensemble is firmly established as an important voice in the world of chamber music. Artists-in-residence at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana since 2012, the Jupiter Quartet maintain private studios and direct the University’s chamber music program.
The Jupiter Quartet has performed in some of the world’s finest halls, including New York City’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, London’s Wigmore Hall, Boston’s Jordan Hall, Mexico City's Palacio de Bellas Artes, Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center and Library of Congress, Austria’s Esterhazy Palace, and Seoul’s Sejong Chamber Hall. Their major music festival appearances include the Aspen Music Festival and School, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, Rockport Music Festival, Music at Menlo, the Seoul Spring Festival, and many others. In addition to their performing career, they have been artists-in-residence at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign since 2012, where they maintain private studios and direct the chamber music program.
Their chamber music honors and awards include the grand prizes in the Banff International String Quartet Competition and the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition; the Young Concert Artists International auditions in New York City; the Cleveland Quartet Award from Chamber Music America; an Avery Fisher Career Grant; and a grant from the Fromm Foundation. From 2007-2010, they were in residence at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Two.
About the Auditorium Chamber Music Series: Since 1986, the Auditorium Chamber Music Series has presented some of the world's finest small ensembles in the beautiful neo-gothic auditorium in the heart of the University of Idaho campus. Four ensembles visit the Palouse each year, performing for the series and enriching the region through school residencies, informal performances in community venues and master classes. The Auditorium Series embraces a wide variety of types and styles of ensemble, from string quartets to eight-voice a cappella choirs to ethnic improvisational ensembles. The same great ensembles that audiences from New York to Seattle flock to hear — the Beaux Arts Trio, Masters of Persian Music, Kronos Quartet, Chanticleer, eighth blackbird and the Chamber Orchestra Kremlin — have all graced the Auditorium Chamber Music Series.
For Calendar Editors:
Description: The Jupiter Quartet, described by The New Yorker as an ensemble of “technical finesse and rare expressive maturity,” is presented by Auditorium Chamber Music Series at The University of Idaho for a performance in the University of Idaho Administration Auditorium (851 Campus Drive). The Jupiter Quartet will perform a diverse program featuring one of Beethoven’s “Razumovsky” String Quartets (No. 8 in E minor, Op. 52 No. 2), as well as Michi Wiancko’s To Unpathed Waters, Undreamed Shores, and Bela Bartók’s String Quartet No. 6.
Short description: The Jupiter Quartet, an ensemble of “technical finesse and rare expressive maturity” (The New Yorker), is presented by the Auditorium Chamber Music Series at the University of Idaho for a performance featuring the music of Michi Wiancko, Bela Bartók, and Ludwig van Beethoven.
Concert details:
Who: Jupiter String Quartet
Presented by Auditorium Chamber Music Series at University of Idaho
What: Music by Michi Wiancko, Bela Bartók, and Ludwig van Beethoven
When: Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 7:30pm.
Where: University of Idaho Administration Auditorium, 851 Campus Drive, Moscow, ID
Tickets and information: www.uitickets.com
Jupiter Quartet is Presented by Music at Kohl Mansion on November 19
The Jupiter String Quartet is Presented by Music at Kohl Mansion
Performing Music by Elizabeth Maconchy, Carlos Simon, Nathan Shields, William Bolcolm, and Ludwig van Beethoven
Sunday, November 19, 2023 at 7pm
Photo of the Jupiter Quartet by Todd Rosenberg available in high resolution at www.jensenartists.com/artists-profiles/jupiter-string
The Jupiter String Quartet is Presented by
Music at Kohl Mansion
Performing Music by Elizabeth Maconchy, Carlos Simon, Nathan Shields,
William Bolcolm, and Ludwig van Beethoven
Sunday, November 19, 2023 at 7pm
Kohl Mansion | 2750 Adeline Drive | Burlingame, CA
Tickets and Information at
www.musicatkohl.org/jupiter-string-quartet-2023-11-19
“technical finesse and rare expressive maturity”
– The New Yorker
Burlingame, CA – The Jupiter String Quartet – internationally acclaimed winners of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and the Banff International String Quartet Competition – will be presented in concert by Music at Kohl Mansion on Sunday, November 19, 2023 at 7pm. St. Lawrence String Quartet cellist and educator Christopher Costanza will offer an informative and lively pre-performance lecture at 6pm in the Kohl Mansion Library before all series concerts. The concert includes a complimentary post-performance reception with the artists.
Giving concerts all over the country, the Jupiter String Quartet is a particularly intimate group, consisting of violinists Nelson Lee and Meg Freivogel, violist Liz Freivogel (Meg’s older sister), and cellist Daniel McDonough (Meg’s husband, Liz’s brother-in-law). Brought together by ties both familial and musical, the Jupiter Quartet has been performing together since 2001 and has been the quartet-in-residence at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign since 2012. Exuding an energy that is at once friendly, knowledgeable, and adventurous, the Quartet celebrates every opportunity to bring their close-knit and lively style to audiences. Their connections to each other and the length of time they’ve shared the stage always shine through in their intuitive performances.
For this Sunday evening performance, the er Quartet will perform a musically bold and emotionally charged program that they have titled Upheaval. The program will begin with the hauntingly powerful third quartet of the esteemed Irish-English composer Elizabeth Maconchy. An avowed socialist who supported the Republican forces fighting off Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War, Maconchy wrote this work among the shadows of 1930s Europe. Next, Nathan Shields’ new quartet, Medusa –– composed for the Jupiter Quartet for Shields’ Guggenheim Fellowship –– uses the scintillating paintings of Caravaggio as an inspiration for exploring the effects of various types of political and social violence. The first half of the program will be rounded out by Carlos Simon’s heartbreaking Elegy, a memorial to the Black American victims of police violence, and William Bolcolm’s gently melancholy rag, The Graceful Ghost. After the intermission, the quartet will delve into the wonderful intricacies of Ludwig van Beethoven’s epic eighth quartet—one of the many works he wrote during a time of immense political turmoil.
Jupiter Quartet says of this program and performing it for audiences at Kohl Mansion:
“We are looking forward to sharing this intense and colorful program with the audience at Kohl Mansion. Its subject matter—a grappling with the realities and effects of violence—is unfortunately very much in the forefront of all of our minds as we witness current events. We hope this music will bring time for both reflection and inspiration as we confront such difficulties.”
More About Jupiter String Quartet: This tight-knit ensemble is firmly established as an important voice in the world of chamber music. Artists-in-residence at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana since 2012, the Jupiter Quartet maintain private studios and direct the University’s chamber music program.
The Jupiter Quartet has performed in some of the world’s finest halls, including New York City’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, London’s Wigmore Hall, Boston’s Jordan Hall, Mexico City's Palacio de Bellas Artes, Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center and Library of Congress, Austria’s Esterhazy Palace, and Seoul’s Sejong Chamber Hall. Their major music festival appearances include the Aspen Music Festival and School, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, Rockport Music Festival, Music at Menlo, the Seoul Spring Festival, and many others. In addition to their performing career, they have been artists-in-residence at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign since 2012, where they maintain private studios and direct the chamber music program.
Their chamber music honors and awards include the grand prizes in the Banff International String Quartet Competition and the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition; the Young Concert Artists International auditions in New York City; the Cleveland Quartet Award from Chamber Music America; an Avery Fisher Career Grant; and a grant from the Fromm Foundation. From 2007-2010, they were in residence at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Two.
About Music at Kohl Mansion: Inspired by the belief that the arts strengthen communities, Music at Kohl Mansion presents world-class chamber concerts at the historic Kohl Mansion and music education in public schools on the San Francisco Peninsula. Outreach programs provide access to interactive musical experiences for diverse audiences of all ages.
Music at Kohl Mansion (MAKM), the longest-running chamber-music-only presenter on the S.F. Peninsula, is deeply committed to community building through the arts, both in its highly praised mainstage concert series founded in 1983 and in education and community programs that connect people and promote human understanding. MAKM programs enhance the quality of life of Bay Area residents and visitors by reaching out to individuals of all ages, ethnicities and socio-economic backgrounds.
For Calendar Editors:
Description: The Jupiter Quartet, the Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, who are described by The New Yorker as an ensemble of “technical finesse and rare expressive maturity,” is presented by Music at Kohl Mansion for a performance at Kohl Mansion (2750 Adeline Drive). The Jupiter Quartet will perform a bold program anchored around one of Beethoven’s “Razumovsky” String Quartets (No. 8 in E minor, Op. 52 No. 2), as well as music by living American composers: Carlos Simon’s Elegy and Nathan Shields’ Medusa, in addition to Irish-English composer Elizabeth Maconchy’s String Quartet No. 3. St. Lawrence String Quartet cellist and educator Christopher Costanza will give a pre-concert lecture at 6pm.
Short description: The Jupiter Quartet, an ensemble of “technical finesse and rare expressive maturity” (The New Yorker), is presented by Music at Kohl Mansion for a performance featuring the music of Elizabeth Maconchy, Carlos Simon, Nathan Shields, and Ludwig van Beethoven.
Concert details:
Who: Jupiter String Quartet
Presented by Music at Kohl Mansion
What: Music by Elizabeth Maconchy, Carlos Simon, Nathan Shields, William Bolcolm, and Ludwig van Beethoven, plus a pre-concert lecture by St. Lawrence String Quartet cellist and educator Christopher Costanza
When: Sunday, November 19, 2023 at 7pm. Pre-concert lecture at 6pm (Kohl Mansion Library)
Where: Kohl Mansion, 2750 Adeline Drive, Burlingame, CA 94010
Tickets and information: www.musicatkohl.org/jupiter-string-quartet-2023-11-19/
Jupiter Quartet Continues its Concert Series Presented by Krannert Center with Folk Encounters
Jupiter Quartet Continues its Concert Series Presented by Krannert Center with Folk Encounters Featuring Guest Violist Kirsten Docter
Friday, November 10, 2023 at 7:30pm
Photo of the Jupiter Quartet by Todd Rosenberg available in high resolution at www.jensenartists.com/artists-profiles/jupiter-string
The Jupiter String Quartet Continues its Concert Series Presented by Krannert Center for the Performing Arts with Folk Encounters
Featuring Guest Violist Kirsten Docter
Performing Music by Su Lian Tan, Wynton Marsalis, and Antonin Dvořák
Friday, November 10, 2023 at 7:30pm
University of Illinois | Foellinger Great Hall
500 S Goodwin Ave. | Urbana, IL
Tickets and Information at
https://krannertcenter.com/events/jupiter-string-quartet-kirsten-docter-viola
“technical finesse and rare expressive maturity”
– The New Yorker
Urbana, IL – The Jupiter String Quartet – the quartet-in-residence at the University of Illinois since 2012 and internationally acclaimed winners of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and the Banff International String Quartet Competition – continues their 2023-2024 concert series presented by Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Foellinger Great Hall (500 S. Goodwin Ave) on Friday, November 10, 2023 at 7:30pm, in a collaborative performance with violist Kirsten Docter. The Jupiter’s series at Krannert Center also includes a third performance on February 6, 2024.
The Jupiter Quartet will perform a program of works that spans more than a century and highlights a range of musical styles, including excerpts from "At the Octoroon Balls," String Quartet No. 1 by Wynton Marsalis (1995), Antonin Dvořák’s Viola Quintet In E-flat Major “American,” Op. 97 B. 180 (1893), and Su Lian Tan’s “Life in Wayang” (2002).
The Jupiter Quartet says of collaborating with Kirsten Docter:“We are so pleased to bring one of our longtime mentors, the wonderful violist Kirsten Docter, to campus to share the stage with us and give wise advice to our students. Antonin Dvorak’s viola quintet is a fantastic, joyful work, and we are excited to share it with our hometown crowd at Krannert.”
Based in Urbana and giving concerts all over the country, the Jupiter String Quartet is a particularly intimate group, consisting of violinists Nelson Lee and Meg Freivogel, violist Liz Freivogel (Meg’s older sister), and cellist Daniel McDonough (Meg’s husband, Liz’s brother-in-law). Brought together by ties both familial and musical, the Jupiter Quartet has been performing together for 23 years. Exuding an energy that is at once friendly, knowledgeable, and adventurous, the Quartet celebrates every opportunity to bring their close-knit and lively style to audiences.Their connections to each other and the length of time they’ve shared the stage always shine through in their intuitive performances.
Up next on February 6, 2024, the Jupiter Quartet will conclude its concert series with a program that features the work of Michi Wiancko, Béla Bartók, and Johannes Brahms, with Soyeon Kate Lee joining the Quartet on piano.
More About Jupiter String Quartet: This tight-knit ensemble is firmly established as an important voice in the world of chamber music. Artists-in-residence at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana since 2012, the Jupiter Quartet maintain private studios and direct the University’s chamber music program.
The Jupiter Quartet has performed in some of the world’s finest halls, including New York City’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, London’s Wigmore Hall, Boston’s Jordan Hall, Mexico City's Palacio de Bellas Artes, Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center and Library of Congress, Austria’s Esterhazy Palace, and Seoul’s Sejong Chamber Hall. Their major music festival appearances include the Aspen Music Festival and School, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, Rockport Music Festival, Music at Menlo, the Seoul Spring Festival, and many others. In addition to their performing career, they have been artists-in-residence at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign since 2012, where they maintain private studios and direct the chamber music program.
Their chamber music honors and awards include the grand prizes in the Banff International String Quartet Competition and the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition; the Young Concert Artists International auditions in New York City; the Cleveland Quartet Award from Chamber Music America; an Avery Fisher Career Grant; and a grant from the Fromm Foundation. From 2007-2010, they were in residence at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Two.
About Kirsten Docter: Kirsten Docter is associate professor of viola and chamber music at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. First-prize wins at the Primrose International and American String Teachers Association Viola Competitions launched her on a career that includes a 23-year tenure with the Cavani Quartet, concerts on major series and festivals, and numerous appointments as a master class clinician and teacher.
Docter’s festival appearances include performances at the Aspen Music Festival, Seattle Chamber Music Society, and Kneisel Hall. Her work can be heard on the Azica, Albany, and New World labels. Docter formerly served on the chamber music and viola faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Music and the University of Michigan. She has been a jury member of the Primrose International Viola, Fischoff National Chamber Music, and Sphinx competitions. In the summer she serves on the viola faculty of the Perlman Music Program and Bowdoin International Music Festival.
For Calendar Editors:
Description: The Jupiter Quartet, the Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign who are described by The New Yorker as having “technical finesse and rare expressive maturity,” is presented by Krannert Center for a performance with violist Kirsten Docter in Foellinger Great Hall (500 S Goodwin Ave.). The ensemble will perform a stylistically diverse, collaborative program that includes excerpts from "At the Octoroon Balls," String Quartet No. 1 by Wynton Marsalis, and Su Lian Tan’s Life in Wayang. and Antonin Dvořák’s Viola Quintet In E-flat Major “American,” Op. 97 B. 180, performed with violist Kirsten Docter.
Short description: The Jupiter Quartet, who are described as having an ensemble of “technical finesse and rare expressive maturity” (The New Yorker), is presented by Krannert Center for a performance with violist Kirsten Docter, featuring the music of Wynton Marsalis, Su Lian Tan, and Antonin Dvořák.
Concert details:
Who: Jupiter String Quartet and violist Kirsten Docter
Presented by Krannert Center
What: Music by Su Lian Tan, Wynton Marsalis, and Antonin Dvořák.
When: Friday, November 10, 2023 at 7:30pm
Where: University of Illinois, Krannert Center, Foellinger Great Hall, 500 S Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Tickets and information: www.krannertcenter.com/events/jupiter-string-quartet-kirsten-docter-viola
Jupiter String Quartet Presented as part of Bowdoin International Music Festival
Jupiter String Quartet Presented in Three Concerts by the Bowdoin International Music Festival
Monday, July 17, 2023 at 7:30pm
Studzinski Recital Hall | 12 Campus Road S. | Brunswick, ME
Monday, July 24, 2023 at 7:30pm
Studzinski Recital Hall | | 12 Campus Road S. | Brunswick, ME
Friday, August 4 at 7:30pm
Crooker Theater | 116 Maquoit Rd. | Brunswick, ME
Photo by Todd Rosenberg. More photos available in high resolution at www.jensenartists.com/jupiter-string-quartet
Jupiter String Quartet
Presented in Three Concerts by the Bowdoin International Music Festival
Monday, July 17, 2023 at 7:30pm
Studzinski Recital Hall | 12 Campus Road S. | Brunswick, ME
Monday, July 24, 2023 at 7:30pm
Studzinski Recital Hall | | 12 Campus Road S. | Brunswick, ME
Friday, August 4 at 7:30pm
Crooker Theater | 116 Maquoit Rd. | Brunswick, ME
Livestream (All Performances): www.bowdoinfestival.org/festivalive/
“The Jupiter String Quartet, an ensemble of eloquent intensity, has matured into one of the mainstays of the American chamber-music scene.” – The New Yorker
Brunswick, ME – The internationally esteemed Jupiter String Quartet –– winner of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and the Banff International String Quartet Competition –– will be presented by the Bowdoin International Music Festival at Studzinski Recital Hall (12 Campus Road S.) in two performances on Monday, July 17 and Monday, July 24, 2023, in addition to the final concert on Friday August 4 at Crooker Theater (116 Maquoit Rd.). Each of the three performances, as well as the other concerts presented during the season, will be livestreamed at no charge.
The Jupiter String Quartet is a particularly intimate group, consisting of violinists Nelson Lee and Meg Freivogel, violist Liz Freivogel (Meg’s older sister), and cellist Daniel McDonough (Meg’s husband, Liz’s brother-in-law). Finding new ways to showcase the beauty of their family-driven musical bonds, the Jupiter Quartet continues to shine as a prominent beacon of inspiration and education within the global musical landscape.
The Jupiter Quartet celebrates and embraces long-standing relationships with the Bowdoin International Music Festival and the Ying Quartet, with whom the Jupiter has previously performed at the Festival several times. On Monday, July 17, 2023 at 7:30pm David Ying of the Ying Quartet will perform alongside Jupiter Quartet for a collaborative performance of Anton Arensky’s String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 35 for two cellos, violin and viola. Also as part of the program, Jupiter Quartet cellist Daniel McDonough will collaborate with the Ying Quartet to perform Franz Schubert’s String Quintet in C Major, Op. 163, D. 956.
On Monday July 24, 2023 at 7:30pm, the Jupiter Quartet will perform on their own in a second concert featuring excerpts from "At the Octoroon Balls," String Quartet No. 1 by Wynton Marsalis, Béla Bartók’s Quartet No. 6, and Antonin Dvořák’s Quartet in A-flat major Op. 105. Then as part of the Festival’s final concert on Friday August 4, 2023, the Jupiter Quartet will perform Max Bruch’s String Octet in B-flat Major, together with violinists Renée Jolles and Kurt Sassmannshaus; violist Kirsten Doctor; and bassist Anthony Manzo. The concert will also feature pianist Joyce Yang in a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23, performed with the Bowdoin Festival Orchestra and conducted by Jayce Ogren.
More about the Jupiter String Quartet: The Jupiter String Quartet has performed in some of the world’s finest halls, including New York City’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, London’s Wigmore Hall, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., and more. Major music festival appearances include the Aspen Music Festival and School, Bowdoin International Music Festival, and many others. The Jupiter Quartet has been the artist-in-residence at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana since 2012, where the group maintains private studios and directs the chamber music program.
Their chamber music honors and awards include the grand prizes in the Banff International String Quartet Competition and the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition; the Young Concert Artists International auditions in New York City; the Cleveland Quartet Award from Chamber Music America; an Avery Fisher Career Grant; and a grant from the Fromm Foundation. From 2007-2010, they were in residence at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Two. The quartet's latest album is a collaboration with the Jasper String Quartet (Marquis Classics, 2021), produced by Grammy-winner Judith Sherman. The quartet’s discography also includes numerous recordings on labels including Azica Records and Deutsche Grammophon.
The quartet chose its name because Jupiter was the most prominent planet in the night sky at the time of its formation and the astrological symbol for Jupiter resembles the number four.
For more information, visit www.jupiterquartet.com.
About the Bowdoin International Music Festival: The Bowdoin International Music Festival is one of the world’s premier music institutes. Founded in 1964, the Festival engages exceptional students and enthusiastic audiences through world-class education and performances. Each summer, 250 students from more than 20 countries and nearly every state attend the Festival to study with distinguished faculty and guest artists. Community members attend memorable guest artist and faculty performances as well as 175 free events including student performances, composer lectures, masterclasses, community concerts, and family events. The Festival is an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
For Calendar Editors:
Description: The Jupiter Quartet, described as “an ensemble of eloquent intensity” by The New Yorker, performs as part of the Bowdoin International Music Festival, one of the world’s premier music institutes. The Festival engages exceptional students and enthusiastic audiences through world-class education and performances. In concerts on July 17, 24, and August 4, Jupiter Quartet will perform on their own and collaborate with members of Ying Quartet, plus violinists Renee Jolles and Kurt Sassmannshaus; violist Kirsten Doctor; and bassist Anthony Manzo, in three distinct programs that feature the music of Anton Arensky and Franz Schubert; Wynton Marsalis, Béla Bartók, and Antonín Dvořák; and Max Bruch.
Short description: The Jupiter Quartet, “an ensemble of eloquent intensity” (The New Yorker), performs in three concerts as part of the Bowdoin International Music Festival.
Concert details:
Who: Jupiter String Quartet and Ying Quartet
Presented by Bowdoin International Music Festival
What: Music by Anton Arensky and Franz Schubert
When: Monday, July 17, 2023 at 7:30pm
Where: Studzinski Recital Hall, 12 Campus Road, S Brunswick, ME
Tickets and information: www.bowdoinfestival.org/event/jupiter-ying-quartets-2023/
Who: Jupiter String Quartet
Presented by Bowdoin International Music Festival
What: Music by Wynton Marsalis, Béla Bartók, and Antonín Dvořák
When: Monday, July 24, 2023 at 7:30pm
Where: Studzinski Recital Hall, 12 Campus Road, S Brunswick, ME
Tickets and information: www.bowdoinfestival.org/event/jupiter-string-quartet/
Who: Jupiter String Quartet with violinists Renee Jolles and Kurt Sassmannshaus; violist Kirsten Doctor; and bassist Anthony Manzo
Presented by Bowdoin International Music Festival
What: Music by Max Bruch
When: Friday, August 4, 2023 at 7:30pm
Where: Crooker Theater, 116 Maquoit Rd., Brunswick, ME
Tickets and information: www.bowdoinfestival.org/event/joyce-yang-plays-tchaikovsky/
Jupiter String Quartet Presented by Madeline Island Chamber Music
Jupiter String Quartet Presented by Madeline Island Chamber Music
Performing Music by Wynton Marsalis, Antonin Dvořák, and Béla Bartók
Friday, July 7, 2023 at 8pm
Bayfield Presbyterian Church | 306 Washington Ave. | Bayfield, WI
Saturday, July 8, 2023 at 5pm
The Clubhouse on Madeline Island | 480 Old Fort Road | La Pointe, WI
Photo by Todd Rosenberg. More photos available in high resolution at www.jensenartists.com/jupiter-string-quartet
Jupiter String Quartet
Presented by Madeline Island Chamber Music
Performing Music by Wynton Marsalis, Antonin Dvořák, and Béla Bartók
Friday, July 7, 2023 at 8pm
Bayfield Presbyterian Church | 306 Washington Ave. | Bayfield, WI
Saturday, July 8, 2023 at 5pm
The Clubhouse on Madeline Island | 480 Old Fort Road | La Pointe, WI
Tickets and information: www.micm.org/performance/calendar-of-events/
Livestream (Free): www.micm.org/performance
“The Jupiter String Quartet, an ensemble of eloquent intensity, has matured into one of the mainstays of the American chamber-music scene.” – The New Yorker
Bayfield & La Pointe, WI – The internationally acclaimed Jupiter String Quartet –– winner of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and the Banff International String Quartet Competition –– will be presented in concert by Madeline Island Chamber Music, a Program of MacPhail for two performances on Friday July 7 and Saturday July 8, 2023. These performances, held at Bayfield Presbyterian Church (306 Washington Ave.) and The Clubhouse on Madeline Island (480 Old Fort Road) respectively, are presented during Madeline Island Chamber Music’s summer season for 2023.
For each of their concerts, the Jupiter Quartet will perform a program that features excerpts from "At the Octoroon Balls," String Quartet No. 1 by Wynton Marsalis, Antonin Dvořák’s Quartet in A-flat major Op. 105, and Béla Bartók Quartet No. 6.
As longtime, beloved performers of the Madeline Island Chamber Music community, the Jupiter Quartet cherish every opportunity to bring their close-knit and lively style of performance to the similarly well-bonded community of Madeline Island. Of the Jupiter Quartet’s history with and appreciation for Madeline Island Chamber Music’s programs, violist Liz Freivogel says:
“Our quartet always looks forward very much to our time at the Madeline Island Chamber Music festival. We first taught at Madeline Island very early on in our career, and have loved returning many times since then, each time marveling at how wonderfully the program is thriving. It has such an inspiring mix of music-making, career counseling, and general life advice, all in a beautiful setting. We are so excited to be a part of it all again!”
The Jupiter String Quartet is a particularly intimate group, consisting of violinists Nelson Lee and Meg Freivogel, violist Liz Freivogel (Meg’s older sister), and cellist Daniel McDonough (Meg’s husband, Liz’s brother-in-law). Brought together by ties both familial and musical, the Jupiter Quartet is now celebrating its 22nd year together.
More About Jupiter String Quartet: The Jupiter String Quartet is a particularly intimate group, consisting of violinists Nelson Lee and Meg Freivogel, violist Liz Freivogel (Meg’s older sister), and cellist Daniel McDonough (Meg’s husband, Liz’s brother-in-law). Now enjoying their 22nd year together, this tight-knit ensemble is firmly established as an important voice in the world of chamber music. Artists-in-residence at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana since 2012, the Jupiter Quartet maintain private studios and direct the University’s chamber music program.
The Jupiter Quartet has performed in some of the world’s finest halls, including New York City’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, London’s Wigmore Hall, Boston’s Jordan Hall, Mexico City's Palacio de Bellas Artes, Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center and Library of Congress, Austria’s Esterhazy Palace, and Seoul’s Sejong Chamber Hall. Their major music festival appearances include the Aspen Music Festival and School, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, Rockport Music Festival, Music at Menlo, the Seoul Spring Festival, and many others. In addition to their performing career, they have been artists-in-residence at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana since 2012, where they maintain private studios and direct the chamber music program.
Their chamber music honors and awards include the grand prizes in the Banff International String Quartet Competition and the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition; the Young Concert Artists International auditions in New York City; the Cleveland Quartet Award from Chamber Music America; an Avery Fisher Career Grant; and a grant from the Fromm Foundation. From 2007-2010, they were in residence at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Two.
The quartet's latest album is a collaboration with the Jasper String Quartet (Marquis Classics, 2021), produced by Grammy-winner Judith Sherman. This collaborative album features the world premiere recording of Dan Visconti’s Eternal Breath, Felix Mendelssohn’s Octet in E-flat, Op. 20, and Osvaldo Golijov’s Last Round. The quartet’s discography also includes numerous recordings on labels including Azica Records and Deutsche Grammophon.
The quartet chose its name because Jupiter was the most prominent planet in the night sky at the time of its formation and the astrological symbol for Jupiter resembles the number four. For more information, visit www.jupiterquartet.com.
About Madeline Island Chamber Music: Madeline Island Chamber Music is a program of MacPhail Center for Music, devoted to educating and nurturing the next generation of musicians through concentrated study and performance of chamber music on verdant, historic Madeline Island. Established in 1985 as a one-week camp for 20 high school musicians, the program has evolved to its current six-week structure serving over 70 extraordinarily talented high school, college, and graduate school string and woodwind musicians. Each year, a pre-professional quartet is invited as the Emerging Artist Quartet-in-Residence, participating in the Fellowship String Quartet program and later a week-long artist residency hosted by MacPhail Center for Music. This residency features public performances and community engagement programs throughout the Twin Cities. Madeline Island Chamber Music is a nationally recognized model for education in chamber music. https://www.micm.org/
About MacPhail Center for Music: MacPhail Center for Music is the nation’s largest music learning and performance center and one of Minnesota’s top ten arts organizations. Since 1907, MacPhail Center for Music has been providing meaningful opportunities and is committed to transforming lives and strengthening communities through music learning experiences that inspire. Each year, MacPhail offers programming to 15,000 students of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities at locations in Minneapolis, White Bear Lake, Chanhassen, Apple Valley, Austin, and Madeline Island, WI., as well as 103 community partnerships across the Twin Cities. An industry leader in online music education, MacPhail’s Live Online and Online School Partnerships programs have reached students for the past ten years. MacPhail has a 117-year history of excellence, promoting life-long learning and building long-term relationships between students and teachers. https://www.macphail.org/
For Calendar Editors:
Description (for both concerts): The Jupiter Quartet, described as “an ensemble of eloquent intensity” by The New Yorker, performs as part of the Madeline Island Chamber Music (MICM) –– a nationally recognized model for education in chamber music. MICM is devoted to educating and nurturing the next generation of musicians through concentrated study and performance of chamber music on verdant, historic Madeline Island. On Thursday July 6, Jupiter Quartet will work with students as part of a master class held at The Clubhouse at Madeline Island and in two performances on July 7 and 8, Jupiter Quartet will perform a program that features the music of Wynton Marsalis, Béla Bartók, and Antonín Dvořák.
Short description: The Jupiter Quartet, “an ensemble of eloquent intensity” (The New Yorker), presents a masterclass and performs in two concerts as part of the Madeline Island Chamber Music’s 2023 summer season.
Concert details:
Who: Jupiter String Quartet
Presented by Madeline Island Chamber Music
What: Music by Wynton Marsalis, Dvořák, and Bartók
When: Friday, July 7, 2023 at 8pm
Where: Bayfield Presbyterian Church, 306 Washington Ave., Bayfield, WI
Tickets and information: www.micm.org/performance/calendar-of-events/
Who: Jupiter String Quartet
Presented by Madeline Island Chamber Music
What: Music by Wynton Marsalis, Béla Bartók, and Antonín Dvořák
When: Saturday, July 8, 2023 at 5pm
Where: The Clubhouse on Madeline Island, 480 Old Fort Road, La Pointe, WI
Tickets and information: www.micm.org/performance/calendar-of-events/
Livestream (Free): www.micm.org/performance