Germany's Goldmund Quartet Comes To Portland

Chamber Music Northwest (CMNW) presents the internationally acclaimed Goldmund Quartet for their first visit to the United States to perform in Portland with Chamber Music Northwest. It is, however, the second time CMNW has presented the Goldmund Quartet. The ensemble was part of CMNW's 2020/21 Virtual Season (during the pandemic) with a CMNW-produced concert recorded at the former monastery, Polling Abbey, in Bavaria (video excerpt from this concert below). As part of their 11-stop national tour, CMNW will host the Goldmund Quartet at The Old Church Concert Hall on Sunday, January 28 for a 4 p.m. matinee performance. While in Portland, the quartet will visit the Floyd Light Middle School orchestra class for an inspirational international musician conversation, and short performance.

Hailed as one of the most exciting young string quartets in the world, the Goldmund Quartet brought the virtual house down during the pandemic with their CMNW AT-HOME concert debut from Germany's Polling Abbey. Now, finally, they will be performing live in Portland!

The Goldmund Quartet's exquisitely refined playing has made them the rising stars of the European chamber music scene. Their power, grace, and precision will be on full display for the Chamber Music Northwest concert, which is one of a dozen scheduled for their second North American tour. The ensemble will perform masterworks by Haydn, Borodin and Beethoven on the remarkable matched set of Stradivari instruments once owned by the legendary violinist Niccolò Paganini.

From CMNW Artistic Directors Gloria Chien and Soovin Kim: “The brilliant Goldmund Quartet from Germany is one of the rising stars in the music world. After we introduced the Goldmunds to American audiences during Chamber Music Northwest's 2021 virtual concert season, they signed with major management and have gone on to fully-booked tours of the U.S. Their long friendships since their teenage years are apparent in the youthful joy with which they play together. The Goldmunds are truly an inspired ensemble that plays with both abandon and elegance at the same time. Do not miss their exciting live Portland debut at the Old Church!”

MUSICIANS

Goldmund Quartet

Florian Schötz, violin
Pinchas Adt, violin
Christoph Vandory, viola
Raphael Paratore, cello
                                                                                               

Concert Program

HAYDN String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 76, No. 2, “Quinten”
BORODIN String Quartet No. 2 in D Major
BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1, “Razumovsky”
Program Notes: HERE         
                                   

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