BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:89@grandpianoseries.org DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Easter:20240118T193000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Easter:20240118T210000 DTSTAMP:20240222T034639Z URL:https://grandpianoseries.org/events/callisto-quartet/ SUMMARY:Callisto Quartet & Milana Strezeva DESCRIPTION:\n\n(Third Coast Review)\, the American-Canadian Callisto Quart et brings together four musicians who share a deep passion for bringing ch amber music to audiences around the world. Since their inception at the Cl eveland Institute of Music in 2016\, Callisto has garnered top prizes in n early every major international chamber music competition and has been hai led by audiences across the globe. Grand Prize winners of the 2018 Fischof f National Chamber Music Competition and Second Prize Winners of the 2019 Banff International String Quartet Competition\, the Callisto Quartet has also taken home prizes from the Bordeaux\, Melbourne\, and Wigmore Hall co mpetitions. Currently the Fellowship Quartet in Residence at Yale Universi ty\, Callisto has previously held residencies at Rice University’s Sheph erd School of Music and the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Ma drid\, Spain. From 2020-2022 Callisto was the Ernst Stiefel Quartet in Res idence at Caramoor Center for Music and Arts\, where they were the first q uartet to perform all six string quartets of Bartòk.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe C allisto Quartet maintains an active touring and performing schedule\, whic h has included notable appearances in Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall\, th e Kennedy Center\, the Schneider Concert Series\, Ravinia Festival\, and t he Heidelberg String Quartet Festival. Additionally\, Callisto has been in vited to perform at renowned chamber music festivals throughout North Amer ica and Europe\, such as the La Jolla Music Society Summerfest\, the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival\, the Emilia Romagna Festival\, the Jeunesse s Musicales Deutschland Chamber Music Campus\, the Norfolk Chamber Music F estival\, and the McGill International String Quartet Academy. At the invi tation of Gerhard Schulz\, they attended the 2018 Prussia Cove Internation al Musicians Seminar where they also worked with Gidon Kremer and Thomas A dès. In 2021\, Callisto performed a series of concerts in Berlin and Schl eswig-Holstein\, Germany\, at the Musethica International Chamber Music Fe stival\, where they collaborated closely with Avri Levitan.\n\n\n\n\nCalli sto has been honored to collaborate with many legendary artists\, includin g cellist David Geringas at the Cleveland Cello Society’s 20th anniversa ry concert and clarinetist Franklin Cohen on the ChamberFest Cleveland Ser ies. Over the 2018-2019 seasons at the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival they have shared the stage with musicians such as Paul Watkins\, Lawrence Power\, and Gilles Vonsattel. In 2021\, Callisto recorded Schubert’s Cel lo Quintet with Desmond Hoebig for the 2021 Banff International String Qua rtet Festival.The Callisto Quartet is committed to continually broadening their musical horizons by drawing inspiration from a plethora of mentors a nd musical approaches.\n\n\n\n\n\nThey are also dedicated educators and be lieve in the importance of mentoring students and connecting with audience s in a meaningful way. Callisto most recently developed a unique chamber m usic curriculum entitled “Chamber Music Deconstructed: a Comprehensive C urriculum developed by the Callisto Quartet”\, which they implemented du ring their 2021-22 teaching residency at the Fine Arts Center in Greenvill e\, SC\, and are currently bringing to other schools across the United Sta tes.The Callisto Quartet is managed exclusively by Earl Blackburn of Kanze n Arts.\n\n\n*****\n\nThe critics praised President and Artistic Director of Grand Piano Series and Moldovan-American pianist Milana Strezeva for her "technically fluid\, dramatically convincing\, and sonically full-bod ied supportive collaborations" (Boston Globe). At 11\, she began playing chamber music with her clarinetist father and her mother\, a renowned sopr ano Svetlana Strezeva. Milana's love for family collaboration eventually g rew into a passionate advocacy of vocal and instrumental music and led her to establish Grand Piano Series in Southwest Florida.\n\nA founding membe r of the award-winning Manhattan Piano Trio\, one of the most creative and dynamic young ensembles in America\, Milana has performed with them in ov er 30 American states\, in Australia\, South Africa\, and Italy\, and venu es such as Alice Tully Hall\, Merkin Hall\, and the Ravinia Festival. The Washington Post described the Trio as "impressive" and "outstanding." At t he same time\, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune said\, "one seldom is privilege d to enjoy the music of such a wide range of styles performed with self-ef facing skill and relaxed assurance." In honor of the composers' bicentenni als\, a CD of Schumann and Chopin trios was successfully released on the M arquis Classics label in 2009.\n\nMilana is a recipient of Grand Prizes at the Plowman Chamber Music Competition\, Yellow Springs Chamber Music Comp etition\, Australian Broadcasting Corporation Listeners Choice Award in Me lbourne\, IBLA International Competition as a vocal collaborator\, and Art s Recognition and Talent Search Award. Among the prominent venues in which she has performed are - Carnegie Hall (New York)\,  Jordan Hall (Boston) \, Kravis Center (West Palm Beach)\, Gusman Hall (Miami)\; Shenzhen Concer t Hall (China)\, South Melbourne Town Hall (Australia)\, Linder Auditorium (South Africa).\n\n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMozart: String Quartet No .16 in E-flat major\, K.428\nRavel: String Quartet in F Major\nFranck: Pia no Quintet in f minor\nThey say that Mozart took dictation from God\, as h is manuscripts have no evident corrections. His musical genius is on full display in this Quartet. Ravel\, in turn\, was Mozart’s most ardent admi rer and studied his scores while composing his music. The perfect pairing: two musical geniuses connected across time. Franck’s Quintet is conside red a symphony: romantic and show-stopping\, it is in equal measure lyrica l and grandiose. Like Belgian chocolate\, one cannot have too much of this good thing!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet Tickets\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://i0.wp.com/grandpianoseries.org/wp-conten t/uploads/2023/07/Callisto-59_small-680x385-1.jpg?fit=680%2C385&ssl=1 CATEGORIES:Past Events LOCATION:St Leo Auditorium\, 28290 Beaumont Rd\, Bonita Springs\, Florida\, 34134\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=28290 Beaumont Rd\, Bonita Springs\, Florida\, 34134\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=St Le o Auditorium:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Pacific/Easter X-LIC-LOCATION:Pacific/Easter BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230902T230000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:-05 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR