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Award-winning Daedalus String Quartet Concert on November 30
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
by: Susan Kilduff

The Daedalus String Quartet will perform for the Seton Hall Classical Concert Series at SOPAC, on Monday, November 30, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. A special pre-concert lecture by Dr. Robert Waters, Assistant Professor of Music History and former music critic for The Washington Post will begin at 6:30 p.m.

General admission is $25, seniors and alumni are $15, all students, and Seton Hall University faculty and employees are $8. The lecture is free and open to the public. Call the SOPAC box office (973) 313-2787 for more information and to order tickets.

The Daedalus String Quartet takes its name from the mythical Greek artist and architect, celebrated for regaining his freedom by devising wings that made it possible for him to fly. Formed in 2000 and now in residence at the University of Pennsylvania, the Quartet’s extraordinary young artists captured the Grand Prize of the 2001 Banff International String Quartet Competition establishing themselves as among America’s outstanding and versatile string quartets.  The award-winning members of the Daedalus Quartet hold degrees from the Julliard School, Curtis Institute, Cleveland Institute and Harvard University. Brother and sister violinists Kyu-Young Kim and Min-Young Kim, who alternate on first violin and cellist, Raman Ramakrishnan grew up in East Patchogue, Long Island. They met violinist Jessica Thompson, a Minneapolis native, at the Marlboro Festival.

The Quartet has performed in many of the world’s leading musical venues including the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), the Megaron (Athens), the Festspielhaus (Baden Baden). Symphony Hall (Birmingham), the Palais des Beaux Arts (Brussels). Their debut CD featured works of Ravel, Sibelius, and Stravinsky and they are known for their performances of contemporary music. The New Yorker called the Quartet “a fresh and vital young participant in what is a golden age of American string quartets,” and the New York Times characterized their playing as “polished and vigorous.” 

This performance is made possible by the Seton Hall Arts Council. Upcoming concerts will feature American pianist, Jeremy Denk, and the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. For information on these and other events sponsored by the Council call (973) 313-6338.

For more information please contact:
Susan Kilduff
(973) 761-7947
kildufsu@shu.edu