BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:26@grandpianoseries.org DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Easter:20230421T150000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Easter:20230421T150000 DTSTAMP:20230821T205940Z URL:https://grandpianoseries.org/events/chamberfest-balourdet-quartet-fabi o-bidini-st-leo-4-21-3-pm/ SUMMARY:ChamberFest: Balourdet Quartet & Fabio Bidini (St Leo) 4/21 - 3 PM DESCRIPTION:\n\nThe Balourdet Quartet\, based in Boston\, Massachusetts\, i s currently in residence at the  New England Conservatory’s Professiona l String Quartet Program. The quartet received the Grand Prize at the 2021 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition as well as the top prize awarded in the 2021 Premio Paolo Borciani in Reggio Emilia\, Italy. The g roup also received the Gold Medal in the 2020 Fischoff National Chamber Mu sic Competition and the 2021 Chamber Music Yellow Springs Competition.\n\n Highlights of the 2021-2022 season include the Nevada Chamber Music Festiv al\, ProMusica Santa Fe\, Montgomery Chamber Music\, ProMusica San Miguel de Allende\, Chamber Music Yellow Springs\, and a recital in NEC’s Jorda n Hall. This summer\, the group will perform in concert series including O klahoma Mozart Festival\, Music Mountain and Bravo! Vail.\n\nThe Balourdet has performed at festivals including La Jolla Music Society Summerfest\, Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival\, Aspen Music Festival\, and Accademi a Musicale Chigiana. It works primarily with Paul Katz at  New England Co nservatory\, as well as Miriam Fried and members of the Cleveland and Borr omeo Quartets. The quartet was formed in 2018 at Rice University in Housto n\, Texas under the tutelage of James Dunham\, Norman Fischer\, and Cho-Li ang Lin.\n\n\n\nItalian pianist Fabio Bidini is one of this generation ’s top-flight pianists. His appearances have included performances with The London Symphony Orchestra at The Barbican\, The Philharmonia Orchestra of London at Royal Festival Hall\, the San Francisco Symphony\, New World Symphony\, Dallas Symphony\, St. Louis Symphony\, Budapest Festival Orche stra\, Forth Worth Symphony\, Philharmonia Orchestra Prague at the Rudolph inum\, and the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra at Liszt Academy Hall. He has collaborated with conductors including Michael Tilson Thomas\ , Carlos Prieto\, Max Valdes\, Dimitry Sitkovetsky\, Ivan Fisher\, Jesus L opez Cobos\, JoAnn Falletta\, Zoltan Kocsis\, Michael Christie\, and Giana ndrea Noseda\,\n\nIn 2015 Fabio Bidini became the first recipient of the C arol Grigor Piano Chair – a new position enabled by a $5-million endowme nt gift from the Colburn School’s board chairwoman Carol Colburn Grigor in Los Angeles. Mr. Bidini has been Professor of Piano at the Hochschule f ür Musik Hanns Eisler\, in Berlin\, one of Europe’s premiere music cons ervatories. He also serves as an Artist-in-Residence at the Hochschule fü r Musik und Tanz in Köln.\n\nFabio Bidini’s discography comprises thirt een CDs recorded under the labels BMG\, Classichord\, Musikstrasse\, EPR a nd True Sounds. He is a Steinway artist.\n\n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChopin: Scherzo No.2\, Op.31 (8’)\nDebussy: Reflets dan s l'eau (5’)\nMendelssohn: String Quartet in e minor\, Op.44 (30’)\n~ Intermission ~\n\n\nBrahms Piano Quintet  in f minor\, op. 34 (44’)\n\ nThe two masterpieces of romantic chamber music repertory by Mendelssohn a nd Brahms are juxtaposed with\, perhaps\, the most favorite piano works of Chopin and Debussy.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\nGet Tickets\n \n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://i0.wp.com/grandpianoseries.org/wp-conten t/uploads/2023/01/79040_event_md.png?fit=2550%2C1700&ssl=1 CATEGORIES:Past Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Pacific/Easter X-LIC-LOCATION:Pacific/Easter BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20230401T210000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:-06 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR