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Harlem Quartet, a Sphinx Ensemble
string quartet | Worldwide
Newburgh Chamber Music opened its new concert series with a remarkable group, the Harlem Quartet, only in its second year of existence yet already making its place on the musical map. Read More...— James F. Cotter,
Times Herald Record
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— Vivien Schweitzer,
The New York Times
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The violinist Ilmar Gavilan and the violist Juan-Miguel Hernandez from the Harlem Quartet, an ensemble of Sphinx prizewinners, gave a commanding account of a Handel passacaglia, arranged by Johan Halvorsen. They were then joined by the other members of their quartet (the violinist Melissa White and the cellist Desmond Neysmith) for an exciting account of two movements from Wynton Marsalis's episodic and stylistically eclectic string quartet ''At the Octoroon Balls.'' Read More...— Anthony Tommasini,
New York Times
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The overall feel was of understated elegance and the true beauty of the evening, excellent music aside, was that after five minutes of playing the audience had forgotten race and was enthralled by some superb young artists. The performances were as good as you would hear in any hall in America and several of the soloists may be seen on all of those stages before they are through. Read More...— Glen Creason,
Los Cerritos Community News
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"An African-American girl came up to me after I played and she told me, almost in a whisper, like she didn't want anyone else to hear, 'I didn't know African-Americans played the violin.' I told her I didn't know that either when I was a kid." Read More...— Christine G.K. LaPado,
Chico News & Review
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The orchestra gave a shapely, sumptuous reading of the first movement from Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings, with Damon Gupton conducting, as well as a vigorous, unconducted performance of the Presto from Mozart's Divertimento in F (K. 138). Read More...— Allan Kozinn,
The New York Times
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From the strikingly beautiful extemporized version of the "Star Spangled Banner" to the emphatic finale of Michael Abels' "Delights and Dances," the debut concert by the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra yesterday in Orchestra Hall was an artistic triumph and a marvel of institutional collaboration. Read More...— Sally Vallongo,
Toledo Blade
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