The Augustana String Quartet will perform a collaborative recital with guest artists John

Friday, May 15, Larson Memorial Concert Hall, SDSU, Brookings, SD
Saturday, May 16, Kresge Recital Hall, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD

Both concerts are at 7:30pm, and are free and open to the public.

Program:
Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 John Walker, piano
Schubert Cello Quintet in C major, Op. 163 Maxim Kozlov, cello

In the fall of 2007, the Augustana String Quartet was formed as a collaboration between the South Dakota Symphony and Augustana College. At that time these four individuals, who received their positions through an audition process and who consequently were strangers to one another, began an intense personal and professional life with each other. Since then they have established themselves as one of the region’s premiere chamber music ensembles. Some highlights have included the spring of 2008, when they collaborated with composer and associate principal bassist of the New York Philharmonic, John Deak. The quartet performed his concerto for string quartet and orchestra based on “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” Most recently, they were invited as guest artists for the Iowa International Piano Competition, were they performed with six semifinalists from around the world. This upcoming concert marks a milestone in their existence, in that it is their first fully collaborative program. They will perform the dark and introspective piano quintet by Brahms with SDSU faculty member John Walker, as well as the fantastic and celebratory cello quintet by Schubert with the South Dakota Symphony’s principal cellist, Maxim Kozlov.

The Augustana String Quartet is Christian Zamora and Justyna Lutow, violins, I-Chun Chiang, viola, and Kathryn Hufnagle, cello.