BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Concerts & Performances DESCRIPTION:Aizuri Quartet (virtual)\n \n\nPraised by The Washington Post f or “captivating” performances that draw from its notable “meld of intellect \, technique and emotions\,” the Aizuri Quartet was awarded the Grand Prize and the CAG Management Prize at the 2018 M-Prize Chamber Arts Competition\ , along with top prizes at the 2017 Osaka International Chamber Music Compe tition in Japan\, and the 2015 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Co mpetition in London. The Quartet’s debut album\, Blueprinting\, featuring new works written for the Aizuri Quartet by five American composers\, was r eleased by New Amsterdam Records and nominated for a 2019 GRAMMY Award. \n\ n\nThrough its engaging and thought-provoking programs\, branded by The New York Times as “genuinely exciting” and “imaginative\,” the Quartet has gar nered critical acclaim for bringing “a technical bravado and emotional powe r” to bold new commissions\, and for its “flawless” (San Diego Union-Tribun e) performances of the great masterpieces of the past.\n\n\nThe Quartet has performed extensively throughout North America\, as well as in Europe\, Ja pan\, Mexico\, Chile\, Costa Rica\, and Abu Dhabi\, and has commissioned an d premiered new works by Pulitzer Prize-winner Caroline Shaw\, Lembit Beech er\, Paul Wiancko\, Yevgeniy Sharlat\, Gabriella Smith\, Rene Orth\, Michi Wiancko\, and Alyssa Weinberg. Their 20-21 season highlights include perfo rmances at Lincoln Center\, San Antonio Chamber Music Society\, National Ga llery\, Dallas Chamber Music Society\, the Kennedy Center and a special per formance of John Adams’ “Absolute Jest” with the Milwaukee Symphony.\n\n\nT he quartet has been combining four distinctive musical personalities into a unique collective since 2012. Aizuri Quartet draws its name from “aizuri-e \,” a style of predominantly blue Japanese woodblock printing that is noted for its vibrancy and incredible detail. They are currently based in New Yo rk City. DTEND:20210305T010000Z DTSTAMP:20241124T064629Z DTSTART:20210305T000000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Aizuri Quartet (virtual) UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_35892227442185 URL:https://calendar.ohio.edu/event/aizuri_quartet_virtual END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR