The Fine Arts Quartet – 2013-14 Biography

The Fine Arts Quartet – 2013-14 Biography The Fine Arts Quartet, "one of the gold-plated names in chamber music" (Washington Post), ranks among the most distinguished and authoritative ensembles of our time, with an illustrious history of performing success and an extensive recording legacy. Founded in Chicago in 1946, and based at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee since 1963, the Quartet is one of the elite few to have recorded and toured internationally for over half a century. Each season, the Quartet performs worldwide in such cities as New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Madrid, Moscow, Tokyo, Beijing, Istanbul, Jerusalem, Mexico City, and Toronto. The Quartet has recorded more than 200 works; their latest releases on Naxos include three of Robert Schumann's greatest chamber works: the Piano Quintet, Piano Quartet, and Märchenerzählungen (Fairy Tales), the world-premiere recording of Efrem Zimbalist's Quartet in its 1959 revised edition, the world-premiere digital recording of Eugène Ysaÿe's long-lost masterpiece for quartet and string orchestra, Harmonies du Soir; and Fritz Kreisler's String Quartet. In 2013, Naxos released their recording of Saint- Saëns's brilliant piano quintet and piano quartets to unanimous praise. Over the years the Quartet has received all of the music world’s highest awards: their Fauré Quintets CD on Naxos with pianist Cristina Ortiz was singled out by the 2012 Gramophone Classical Music Guide as a "Gramophone Award-winner and recording of legendary status," and the Quartet's Franck CD was named "Editor's Choice" by Gramophone Magazine in February 2010. In addition, their "Four American Quartets" album was designated a "BBC Music Magazine Choice" in 2008, their Schumann CD was named "one of the very finest chamber music recordings of the year" by the American Record Guide in 2007, and their Mozart Quintets box set was named a "Critic's Choice 2003" by the American Record Guide. Nearly all of the Quartet's Naxos CDs were selected for Grammy® Awards entry lists in the "Best Classical Album" or "Best Chamber Music Performance" categories. The Quartet’s members have helped form and nurture many of today's top young ensembles. They have been guest professors at the national music conservatories of Paris and Lyon, as well as at the summer music schools of Yale University and Indiana University. They also appear regularly as jury members of major competitions such as Evian, Shostakovich, and Bordeaux. Documentaries on the Fine Arts Quartet have appeared on both French and American Public Television. For more information on the Quartet, please visit www.fineartsquartet.org 7/13 – Please do not edit without permission. .

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