KAUFMAN MUSIC CENTER PRESENTS Tuesday Matinees Rolston String Quartet 2020-21

MERKIN HALL Online Performance Filmed at Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center Streamed Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 2 pm ET Kaufman Music Center presents Tuesday Matinees Rolston String Quartet Luri Lee and Jason Issokson, violin Hezekiah Leung, viola; Yoshika Masuda, cello

JOSEPH HAYDN Quartet in G minor, Op. 74, No. 3 “Rider” (1793) (1732-1809) I. Allegro II. Largo assai; III. Menuetto. Allegretto - Trio IV. Finale. Allegro con brio

GYÖRGY LIGETI Quartet No. 1 “Métamorphoses nocturnes” (1954) (1923-2006)

EDVARD GRIEG Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 27 (1878) (1843-1907) I. Un poco andante - Allegro molto ed agitato II. Romanze. Andantino III. Intermezzo. Allegro molto marcato - Più vivo e scherzando IV. Finale. Lento - Presto al saltarello

All 2020-21 Kaufman Music Center performances are online, filmed in safe, socially distanced locations observing health and safety protocols, and streamed to the safety of your home.

Steinway is the official piano of Merkin Hall KaufmanMusicCenter.org/MH | 212 501 3330 About the Artists

With their debut recording Souvenirs recently named Recording of the Month by BBC Music Magazine, Canada’s Rolston String Quartet continues to receive acclaim and recognition for their musical excellence. The quartet was awarded First Prize at the 12th Banff International String Quartet Competition, and was the 2018 recipient of the Cleveland Quartet Award from Chamber Music America—the first international ensemble chosen for that prestigious honor. Other accolades include Grand Prize at the 31st Chamber Music Yellow Springs Competition and Astral’s National Auditions.

In the past few seasons, the quartet has performed extensively throughout North America and Europe. Highlights include debut performances at Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, the Kennedy Center and Koerner Hall, as well as two major Canadian tours under the Prairie Debut and Debut Atlantic touring networks and numerous European tours with dates in Leipzig, Berlin, Lucerne, Heidelberg, Barcelona and Graz, among others. Their 2019-20 season included concerts at UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music, Texas Performing Arts, Chamber Music Northwest, Calgary Pro Musica and Louvre Museum, with additional scheduled performances at the chamber music societies of Detroit, Fort Worth, Kansas City, Philadelphia and Vancouver, as well as a return appearance at London’s Wigmore Hall.

Notable performing collaborators include Janina Fialkowska, Gary Hoffman, Nobuko Imai, Miguel da Silva, David Shifrin, and the St. Lawrence and Dover string quartets. The quartet is an associated artist at the Queen Elizabeth Music Chapel and was formerly Fellowship Quartet-in-Residence at the Yale School of Music. Previously, they were the graduate quartet-in-residence at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. They have also taught at the Yale School of Music, University of Toronto and the Bowdoin International Music Festival, among others. The quartet’s primary mentors include the Brentano Quartet, James Dunham, Norman Fischer and Kenneth Goldsmith, and they have received additional guidance from the St. Lawrence String Quartet, Barry Shiffman, Miguel da Silva and Alastair Tait.

The Rolston String Quartet was formed in 2013 at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity’s Chamber Music Residency. They take their name from Canadian violinist Thomas Rolston, founder and longtime director of the Music and Sound Programs at the Banff Centre, and perform on the Eugène Ysaÿe quartet of instruments, made by Samuel Zygmuntowicz and on generous loan from the El Pasito Association. Luri Lee also plays a Carlo Tononi violin, generously on loan from Shauna Rolston Shaw. The Rolston String Quartet is endorsed by Jargar Strings of Denmark.

KaufmanMusicCenter.org/MH | 212 501 3330 Kaufman Music Center presentations in Merkin Hall are made possible, in part, with institutional support from: Arthur F. & Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation, The Amphion Foundation, Assurant Foundation, Stephen & Mary Birch Foundation, Inc., BMI Foundation, The Edward T. Cone Foundation, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, Alice M. Ditson Fund of , Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, The Hearst Foundations, Inc., The Elroy and Terry Krumholz Foundation, Linden Arts Fund for Children, The Frederick Loewe Foundation, Inc., The Lester & Grace Maslow Foundation, Tatiana Piankova Foundation, The Rodgers and Hammerstein Foundation, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc., Silver Mountain Foundation for the Arts, The Ted Snowdon Foundation, TD Charitable Foundation, and The Weininger Foundation, Inc.

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Executive Director Emeritus, Founder, Kaufman Music Center Lydia Kontos Founding Director, The Hebrew Arts School (1951-1985) Dr. Tzipora H. Jochsberger

Kaufman Music Center gratefully acknowledges the generous support of Mollie and Abraham Goodman and the Goodman family. Pianos by Steinway and Sons. The house harpsichord was built by Eric Herz in 1985 and donated by Mr. Joseph Wronker.

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Tzipora H. Jochsberger Society The Tzipora H. Jochsberger Society was recently renamed in honor of our founder, who passed away at age 96 in late 2017. The Society recognizes the following generous supporters, who have included Kaufman Music Center in their estate plans, making a difference during their lifetimes and beyond. Anne Blatt Phyllis and Samuel Feder Adele D. Kapp Evelyn Ronell Helene Blue Emanuel and Ellen Genauer Carole A. Kemack Blanche Shapiro Ilse Blumenfeld Estate of Anna Gold Christina M. Mason Dorothy Silverstein Sidney Bresler Estelle Greco Cathy White O’Rourke Rosalind Devon Dinah Jacobs Johanna Roman Barish

Celebration of Our Muse Kaufman Music Center gratefully acknowledges the generous supporters who made leadership gifts to our educational programs, in honor of the retirement of our longstanding Executive Director, Lydia Kontos. Under Lydia’s leadership, the Center’s educational programs grew significantly, making a transformative impact on the young people of New York City. Apollo’s Circle Oracles Lyric Poets Orli Shaham and $100,000 $25,000 to $49,999 $10,000 to $24,999 David Robertson Elaine and Henry Kaufman Connie and Leonard Goodman Sanford L. Batkin Janet and Gil Spitzer Migene Kim and Dennis Lee Carolina Farias Roni Tamari and Shai Wosner Muses Cathy White O’Rourke Phyllis and Samuel Feder $50,000 Marjorie Penrod and Eric Wallar Judith and Robert Hall Greek Chorus Rosalind Devon Stephanie and Mark Rambler Helen Hovdesven $1,000 to $9,999 Charles Dimston and Christa and Chris Somers Solange Landau Arlene and Alan Alda Elena Asribekova Wendy and Bruce Mosler Margot Astrachan Production Bethany and Robert B. Millard The Mystery Lady of Santa Fe Johanna Roman Barish Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, Inc. Barbara Rellstab Helene Blue Janet and William Schwartz Roger Chen and Eileen Shin

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