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The Miami String Quartt were laureates in the early '90's of the Evian, London and Fischoff competions; they also won the Cleveland quartet aware in 2000.

Since 2004, vioinist Ivan Chan and Cathy Meng Robinson, violist Yu Jin and cellist Keith Robinson have been faculty members at Kent State U in Ohio, where they are quartet-in-residence. Contemporaries of the St. Lawrence, the Miami are celebrating their 20th anniversary season; special programmes include a new septet of Ellen Taaffe Zwilich withh Kalichstein/Laredo/Robinson piano trio. Toronto debut.

The New York Times described the Miami as having "everything one wants in a quartet: a rich, precisely balanced sound, a broad coloristic palette, real unity of interpretive purpose and seemingly unflagging energy."

This evening's performance features:

Haydn -- String Quartet in C Major, Op. 76, No. 3 Emperor
Alberto Ginastera -- String Quartet No. 2, Op. 26
Mendelssohn -- String Quartet No. 4 in E minor, Op. 44, No. 2

Getting there:

For more information contact: Jennifer Taylor
Phone: 416-214-1660
Email: jennifer@music-toronto.com

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