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Victoria’s annual concert series and chamber music festival, Quartet Fest West, runs from June 26-July 8 on the UVic campus. QFW 2023 brings together two of Canada's most beloved string quartets, long-time friends and colleagues, the Lafayette and Penderecki Quartets. Also performing and giving masterclasses is UVic's alumni quartet, Cuarteto Bellas Artes (formerly the Chroma Quartet). This will be the last year with the Lafayette String Quartet before they retire as an ensemble.Concerts, masterclasses and workshops will be open to the public to attend.
CONCERT SCHEDULE:
June 29 | 7 PM MOZART AND MOVIE NIGHT
Violist Yariv Aloni joins the Lafayette String Quartet in Mozart’s Viola Quintet in G minor, K. 516. You’ll also have to opportunity to view the premiere screening of John Bolton’s new film “Singing Through Generations.” This short film features the LSQ performing "Singing Through Generations," co-composed by Nicole Mandryk and Leila Lustig.
July 1 | 2 PM PENDERECKI STRING QUARTET
Enjoy an afternoon program featuring Mozart’s String Quartet No. 14 in G Major, K.387, Erwin Schulhoff’s Five Pieces for String Quartet and Johannes Brahms’ String Quartet in C minor, Op. 51, No. 1.
July 5 | 7 PM QFW GALA CONCERT
Don’t miss this gala concert featuring the Lafayette, Penderecki, and Bellas Artes (formerly Chroma) String Quartets along with Quartet Fest West participants! The program will include octets by Murray Adaskin, Dmitri Shostakovich and Felix Mendelssohn, plus Johannes van Bree’s Allegro for FOUR quartets.
July 7 | 7 PM CUARTETO BELLAS ARTES
We welcome back to Victoria Cuarteto Bellas Artes (formerly Chroma) — the first string quartet to graduate from the UVic School of Music’s Graduate String Quartet in Performance program. Hear them perform Mozart’s “Dissonance” Quartet K. 465, Joaquín Turina’s La oración del torero and Maurice Ravel’s String Quartet in F Major.
July 8 | 2 PM PARTICIPANTS' FINAL CONCERT
For nearly two weeks, the young musicians of Quartet Fest West work intensely together learning new repertoire. This concert is the culmination of their hard work. Reception to follow.
Festival passes and single tickets available.
Masterclass schedule: https://lafayettestringquartet.ca/event/quartet-fest-west-masterclasses-and-workshops/
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Phillip T. Young Recital Hall, Friday Harbor, United States
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