BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:126@grandpianoseries.org DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Easter:20250306T150000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Easter:20250306T163000 DTSTAMP:20241223T152740Z URL:https://grandpianoseries.org/events/pavel-haas-quartet-milana-strezeva -afternoon/ SUMMARY:Pavel Haas Quartet & Milana Strezeva DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\nIndividual tickets are now on sale at Artis—Naples. \nPlease call Artis—Naples box office for assistance at 239-597-1900.\n\ n\n\nPavel Haas Quartet / Milana Strezeva\nVeronika Jarůšková\, violin\ nMarek Zwiebel\, violin\nŠimon Truszka\, viola\nPeter Jarůšek\, cello\n Milana Strezeva\, piano\n\nOne of the truly outstanding ensembles of our t ime. - Süddeutsche Zeitung\n\nThe Pavel Haas Quartet is revered across th e globe for its richness of timbre\, infectious passion and intuitive rapp ort. Performing at the world’s most prestigious concert halls and having won five Gramophone Awards and numerous others for their recordings\, the Quartet is firmly established as one of the world’s foremost chamber en sembles.\n\nThe Quartet appears at major venues\, including Wigmore Hall\, London\; Philharmonie and Konzerthaus\, Berlin\; Musikverein\, Vienna\; E lbphilharmonie\, Hamburg\; Concertgebouw and Muziekgebouw\, Amsterdam\; To nhalle\, Zürich\; Théâtre de la Ville\, Paris\; Accademia di Santa Ceci lia\, Rome\; BOZAR\, Brussels\; NCPA\, Beijing\; LG Arts Centre\, Seoul an d Carnegie Hall\, New York. In celebration of its 20th anniversary\, the Q uartet was invited to be on the cover of The Strad’s June 2022 issue and was the featured interview in BBC Music Magazine in the same month. They were included in the latter magazine’s 10 greatest string quartet ensemb les of all time and were described as “stylistically powerful and richly sonorous\, [and] known for its passionate and fearless performances.”\n \nIn the 23/24 season\, the Quartet returns to the Wigmore Hall for four c oncerts: Rudolfinum Prague\; Teatro La Fenice\; Liverpool Philharmonic Hal l\; Göteborgs Konserthus\; National Concert Hall\, Dublin\; Muziekgebouw\ , Amsterdam\; Philharmonie Luxembourg. Further afield\, the Quartet tours the United States in March 2024 and Asia in May 2024.\n\nSince September 2 022\, the Pavel Haas Quartet has been Artist-in-Residence at the Dvořák Prague Festival and curated the chamber music concerts including programmi ng all the Dvořák String Quartets and chamber music works over the three seasons.\n\nThe Pavel Haas Quartet records exclusively for Supraphon. The ir most recent recording of the Brahms Viola and Piano Quintets with Boris Giltburg and their former member\, Pavel Nikl\, was released to critical acclaim in May 2022. The recording was described as “radiant and vivacio us” by The Strad\, and was Presto Classical’s Recording of the Week. F or their previous album of Shostakovich String Quartets (2019)\, they rece ived the Recording of the Year by Classic Prague Awards and were named one of the 100 best records of the year by The Times.\n\nThe Quartet received their five Gramophone Awards for their recordings of Dvořák\, Smetana\, Schubert\, Janáček and Haas\, as well as Dvořák’s String Quartets N o.12 ‘American’ and No.13\, for which they were awarded the most covet ed prize\, Gramophone Recording of the Year in 2011. The Sunday Times comm ented: “their account of the ‘American’ Quartet belongs alongside th e greatest performances on disc.” Further accolades include BBC Music Ma gazine Awards and the Diapason d’Or de l’Année in 2010 for their reco rding of Prokofiev String Quartets Nos. 1 &\; 2.\n\nSince winning the P aolo Borciani competition in Italy in 2005\, further highlights early on i n their career have included the nomination as ECHO Rising Stars in 2007\, the participation in the BBC New Generation Artists scheme between 2007 –2009 and the Special Ensemble Scholarship the Borletti-Buitoni Trust aw arded to them in 2010.\n\nThe Quartet is based in Prague and studied with the late Milan Škampa\, the legendary violist of the Smetana Quartet. The y take their name from the Czech-Jewish composer Pavel Haas (1899–1944)\ , who was imprisoned at Theresienstadt in 1941 and tragically died at Ausc hwitz three years later. His legacy includes three wonderful string quarte ts.\n\n\n\n“[Milana Strezeva] Technically fluid\, dramatically convincin g\, and sonically full-bodied supportive collaborations.” - Boston Globe \n\nMilana Strezeva is an accomplished pianist\, founding member of the Ma nhattan Piano Trio\, and co-founder of the Grand Piano Series.  Milana's experience as a stellar performer and strategic arts executive has come to gether at the Grand Piano Series\, where she has demonstrated an innate ab ility to foster collaborations and contribute positively to community enri chment through music.\n\nUnder Milana’s excellent stewardship and an unw avering commitment to artists\, the Grand Piano Series has grown and flour ished since its founding in 2016.  As President and Artistic Director of the organization for the past eight years\, Milana has demonstrated a meti culous approach to cultivating fiscal health and innovative growth\, garne ring admiration across Southwest Florida and beyond.\n\nCritics have prais ed Milana for her “technically fluid\, dramatically convincing\, and son ically full-bodied supportive collaborations” (Boston Globe). At the age of 11\, she began playing chamber music with her clarinetist father and h er mother\, a renowned soprano\, Svetlana Strezeva. Milana’s love for fa mily collaboration eventually grew into a passionate advocacy of vocal and instrumental chamber music.\n\nA founding member of the award-winning Man hattan Piano Trio\, one of the most creative and dynamic ensembles in Amer ica\, Milana has performed in more than 30 American states\, in Australia\ , South Africa\, and Italy\, and venues such as Alice Tully Hall (Lincoln Center)\, Merkin Hall (Kaufman Music Center)\, and the Ravinia Festival (C hicago).  The Washington Post described the Trio as “impressive” and “outstanding\,” while the Sarasota Herald-Tribune said\, “One seldom is privileged to enjoy the music of such a wide range of styles performed with self-effacing skill and relaxed assurance.”\n\nMilana has received her training at The Juilliard School as a student of Bella Davidovich and Julian Martin.\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll About Dvořák\n\nTh is program features the inimitable musical voice of the universally belove d Czech master - Antonín Dvořák. The two masterpieces perfectly blend h is native land’s folklore and formal perfection inherited from Brahms an d Beethoven.\n\nDvořák: String Quartet No. 11 in C major\, Op. 61\, B. 1 21\n\nIntermission\n\nDvořák: Piano Quintet No.2\, Op.81\n\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/2024/07/PavelHaasSQ_MilanaStrezeva_BW-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1463 &ssl=1 CATEGORIES:Past Events LOCATION:Artis—Naples (Ubben Signature Event Space)\, 5833 Pelican Bay Bo ulevard\, Naples\, FL\, 34108-2740\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=5833 Pelican Bay Boulevard\ , Naples\, FL\, 34108-2740\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Arti s—Naples (Ubben Signature Event Space):geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Pacific/Easter X-LIC-LOCATION:Pacific/Easter BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240907T230000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:-05 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR