 About...
The mission of the Harlem Quartet, a Sphinx Ensemble, is twofold: to engage young and new audiences and to advance diversity in classical music. Photo: Jeffrey Hornstein |
Recent Acclaim...
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. — Los Cerritos Community News |
Recent News...
 Harlem Quartet Chosen as NEC's Next Resident Ensemble ...The Harlem Quartet (Ilmar Gavilán, Melissa White, violin; Juan-Miguel Hernandez, viola; Desmond Neysmith, cello), a Sphinx ensemble, has been named the next resident ensemble in NEC's prestigious Professional String Quartet Training Program directed by cellist Paul Katz. Comprising first-place laureates of the annual Sphinx Competition for young Black and Latino string players, the Harlem Quartet will come to NEC in September 2010 to begin a program that has shaped the artistic development of some of America's most important young quartets, including the prize-winning Kuss, Biava, Jupiter, Parker, and Ariel Quartets.The Professional String Quartet Training program offers two years of intensive training and coaching for exceptional groups that show the talent and commitment necessary... |
Recent Recordings...
 PISTON, W.: String Quartets Nos. 1, 3 and 5 (Harlem Quartet)Much lauded in his lifetime, Walter Piston is remembered chiefly today for his eight Symphonies, the two Violin Concertos and the popular ballet, The Incredible Flutist. This recording presents three of the five string quartets, which range from from the lithe neo-Classicism of the First Quartet and the rhythmic trenchancy and intense melodic writing of the Third Quartet to the forceful yet accessible Fifth. This is the Naxos début of the Harlem Quartet, an ensemble comprising First-Place Laureates of the Sphinx Competition for young Black and Latino string players. |
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