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5/9/2005
May 9, 2005
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-797-9166 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net
Lumina String Quartet Presents May 15 �Connecticut Yankees in the Khan�s Tatar Court� Concert of Music by American and Tatar Composers in New Fairfield, Connecticut
On Sunday, May 15 at 3 PM, Music at Saint Edward�s will host �Connecticut Yankees in the Khan�s Tatar Court,� a return engagement of the Lumina String Quartet in a special program of works by Tatar and American composers, including a multi-media presentation, at Saint Edward the Confessor Church, 21 Brush Hill Road in New Fairfield, Connecticut.
Members of the Lumina Quartet include Asya Meshberg (violin), Lynn Bechtold (Violin), Boris Deviatov (Viola), and Jennifer DeVore (cello). Appearing with the ensemble on May 15 will be guest artist, Phillip Bashor, principal clarinetist of the Greenwich Symphony.
American music featured in the concert will include selections from George Gershwin and Duke Ellington, as well as works by contemporary composers, Dan Cooper and Gene Pritsker. Modern Eurasian influences will be represented by Tatarstani composers Rashid Kalimoullin and Almaz Monasypov. A special feature of the concert will be a multi-media realization of Gene Pritsker�s "Poem #3", Reflections in sound on the poem: �Song from Zapolya� by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. This work, which had its world premiere at the Lumina�s resident host institution, Norwalk Community College, on March 6, 2005, was created in collaboration with the painter Andrew Meshberg, also of New York City, who will unveil the painting inspired by this poem.
This concert is free and open to the public, however donations are accepted. For more information, please call 203-746-6945.
As cultural ambassadors to the festival in Kazan, the Lumina will be performing works by modern American composers of widely varied backgrounds and musical styles, as well as a selection of chamber music by contemporary Tatarian musicians. In the past several years, the quartet has been a regular part of the annual music festivals in Kazan, and has commissioned and performed a number of original scores by native composers. They have also appeared in concerts elsewhere in Russia, including Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as Odessa, Ukraine.
The May 15 concert is a prelude to the Quartet�s forthcoming tour to the International Festival of Contemporary Music �Europe-Asia� in the ancient city of Kazan. Capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, an independent member of the Russian Federation, Kazan is celebrating the Summer of its millennium year with a gala series of events highlighting its long cultural history. More about Tatarstan at http://www.tatar.ru/english.
Founded in 1992, the Quartet is ensemble-in-residence at Norwalk Community College. True to its name, the Lumina has continued to enlighten audiences in the tri-state area and has appeared in music festivals throughout Europe and central Asia. In 1997, Lumina created the Chamber Music Institute for Young Musicians at the Rich Forum of Stamford Connecticut�s Center for Performing Arts. This highly successful music festival has grown from one to thirteen string quartets, with Lumina coaching each in quartet performance. The quartet also maintains an annual concert series in New York City, including the NYU Composition Department, performing music exclusively written by students and faculty. Visit them online at http://www.jamesarts.com/lumina/.
To reach the Lumina Quartet, please contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-797-9166 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net.
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5/09/2005 03:04:00 PM
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