 Del Sol String Quartet in 2007. From left: Charlton Lee, Kate Stenberg, Rick Shinozaki and Hannah Addario-Berry The Del Sol Quartet is a string quartet based in San Francisco, California. Del Sol is known for actively working with living composers from a wide range of cultural perspectives, and recording and performing exclusively 20th and 21st century music. A strong undercurrent of modernism flows through their repertoire. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
The resident string quartet of the Library of Congress in 1963 A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string instruments—usually two violins, a viola and cello—or a piece written to be performed by such a group. ...
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Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ...
Modernism in musicis characterized by a desire for or belief in progressand science, surrealism, anti-romanticism, politicaladvocacy, general intellectualism, and/or a breaking with tradition or common practice. ...
Del Sol rose to international attention with the release of its 2002 CD, Tear, featuring a noteworthy rendition of Ástor Piazzolla's Libertango. Other composers in that collection include Lou Harrison, Earle Brown, Silvestre Revueltas, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Alberto Ginastera, and John Harbison. (from website) Ãstor Pantaleón Piazzolla (March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992) was an Argentine tango composer and bandoneón player. ...
Lou Silver Harrison (May 14, 1917 - February 2, 2003) was an American composer. ...
Earle Brown (December 26, 1926 – July 2, 2002) was an American composer. ...
Silvestre Revueltas Silvestre Revueltas (December 31, 1899 - October 5, 1940) was a Mexican composer of classical music, violinist and conductor. ...
Ruth Crawford-Seeger (July 3, 1901 in East Liverpool, Ohio - November 18, 1953 in Chevy Chase, Maryland), born Ruth Crawford, was a modernist composer. ...
Alberto Evaristo Ginastera (Buenos Aires, April 11, 1916 – June 25, 1983 Geneva) was an Argentinian composer of classical music. ...
John Harbison John Harris Harbison (born December 20, 1938 in Orange, New Jersey) is a composer, best known for his operas and large choral works. ...
Del Sol String Quartet's most recent release, George Antheil The Complete Works For String Quartet, is the definitive recording of the composer and has sparked a revival of interest in his chamber works (Other Minds OM 1008-2). Del Sol was named winner of the Chamber Ensemble/Mixed Repertory category for 2005-2006 by Chamber Music America and ASCAP, and also received an ASCAP award for Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music. (from Classical Voice) George Antheil (June 8, 1900 – February 12, 1959) was an American composer and pianist of German and Lutheran descent, born in Trenton, New Jersey. ...
The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) is an organization known as a collecting society that protects intellectual property, ensuring that music which is broadcast, commercially recorded, or otherwise used for profit, pays a fee to compensate the creators of that music. ...
In October, 2007, Del Sol Quartet was honored to play the Library of Congress' collection of Stradavarius instruments and debut the world premier of Chinary Ung's Sprial X. Construction of the Thomas Jefferson Building, from July 8, 1888 to May 15, 1894. ...
Antonio Stradivari, by Edgar Bundy, 1893: a romanticized image of a craftsman-hero One of the violins in the Stradivarius collection of the Palacio Real, Madrid, Spain A Stradivarius is a stringed instrument built by members of the Stradivari family, especially by Antonio Stradivari. ...
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Del Sol has premiered new compositions from Daniel Bernard Roumain, Chinary Ung, Peter Sculthorpe and various emerging composers from Argentina, Mexico, Korea, China, Canada and the United States. Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) is a composer and violinist best known for mixing popular styles, such as hip hop, with classical. ...
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Peter Horace Sculthorpe AO OBE (born April 29, 1943) is a noted British composer . ...
Founding
Founded in 1992, the Del Sol String Quartet began its life in residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts, followed by residency at San Francisco State University in association with the Alexander String Quartet. Other appointments have included the 2003 "Emerging Quartets and Composers Residency" with the Muir String Quartet and Joan Tower in Park City, Utah; Quartet-in-Residence at University of New Mexico; residencies at Walden School and Tahoe Music Festival; and Northeastern University in 2007. Del Sol appears on programs presented by Other Minds, San Francisco Performances, Montalvo Arts Center and Santa Fe New Music/Santa Fe Opera. (from website) The Banff Centre is a highly respected arts, cultural, and educational institution in Banff, Alberta Canada. ...
Joan Tower (born September 6, 1938 in New Rochelle, New York) is a contemporary American composer. ...
The Santa Fe Opera is an opera company located 7 miles north of Santa Fe in the U.S. state of New Mexico on a former guest ranch of 199 acres where, in addition to the theatre, the site offered a variety of facilities such as office space, rehearsal space...
Outreach For more than a decade, the quartet has given lectures/performances by invitation from presenters including the San Francisco Symphony Adventures in Music series, San Francisco Libraries, Music at Kohl Mansion, Young Audiences of the Bay Area, American Composers Forum and San Francisco Performances, the City’s largest independent concert presenter. To date, Del Sol has performed over 300 concerts for more than 30,000 young people. The San Francisco Symphony (SFS) is a leading orchestra based in San Francisco, California. ...
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