WCU’s Wells School of Music Presents Faculty Recital: Dalí Quartet
Wells School of Music’s Dalí Quartet is back for a Faculty Recital on Thursday, October 19, at 8:00 p.m. The concert takes place on West Chester University’s campus in the Philips Autograph Library, Philips Memorial Building, 700 S. High Street, West Chester. The concert is FREE and open to the public. It can also be livestreamed here. A full program for the evening can be found here.
Comprised of Ari Isaacman-Beck, first violin; Carlos Rubio, second violin; Adriana Linares, viola, and Jesús Morales, cello; the Dalí Quartet is the current Quartet in Residence for the WCU's Wells School of Music. Learn more: wcupa.edu/music/daliquartet.
The program for the concert includes:
The Dalí Quartet is acclaimed for bringing Latin American quartet repertoire to an equal standing alongside the Classical and Romantic canon. Tours of this award-winning ensemble’s Classical Roots, Latin Soul have reached enthusiastic audiences across the United States, Canada, and South America. The Dalí Quartet is the 2021 recipient of the Guarneri String Quartet Residency, funded by the Sewell Family Foundation, and the 2021 Silver Medal at the inaugural Piazzolla Music Competition. The quartet is also the 2019 recipient of the Atlanta Symphony’s esteemed Aspire Award for the accomplished African American and Latino Musicians. They founded the much-admired Dalí Quartet International Music Festival in 2004 which develops the performance skills of musicians through semi-professional level. Currently, Dalí Quartet is in residence at West Chester University, is an Iris Orchestra Resident Ensemble, has served as a resident ensemble at Lehigh University, and given mini residencies at colleges and university in the U.S. and Canada. Members of the Dalí Quartet are from Venezuela, Puerto Rico, and the U.S.