Catalyst Quartet
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 Photo: Jiyang Chen Karla Donehew Perez, violin
Jessie Montgomery, violin Christopher Jenkins, viola Karlos Rodriguez, cello Hailed by the New York Times at their Carnegie Hall debut as “invariably energetic and finely burnished…playing with earthy vigor,” the Catalyst Quartet, Prize winners of the Gianni Bergamo Classical Music Award 2012, is comprised of top Laureates and alumni of the internationally acclaimed Sphinx Competition. “Electrifying… Wildly colorful and exploding with life” -Washington Post. The mission of the ensemble is to advance diversity in classical music and inspire new and young audiences with dynamic performances of cutting-edge repertoire by a wide range of composers. Founded by the Sphinx Organization, the Catalyst Quartet combines a serious commitment to education with a passion for contemporary works. The quartet has held residencies and given master classes both domestically and abroad at the University of Michigan, Cincinatti Conservatory of Music, In Harmony Project; London, UK and the University of South Africa to name a few. They also serve as principal faculty at the Sphinx Performance Academy at Oberlin College and Northwestern University. The Catalyst Quartet members are visiting teaching artists at the Sphinx Preparatory Music Institute, hosted by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra made possible in part through the generous support of Stuart and Maxine Frankel. The Catalyst Quartet has also participated in the Juilliard String Quartet Seminar, Grand Canyon Music Festival, Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival and been featured in The Strad andStrings magazines including multiple radio and television broadcasts on American Public Media’s Performance Today as well as Houston Public Radio and Detroit Public Radio and Television. The Quartet maintains a busy performing schedule and completed a national tour in the fall leading the Sphinx Virtuosi. Highlights of the tour included, concerts at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. a return to the Harris Theater in Chicago and sold out performances at Miami’s Frank Gehry designed New World Center and New York’s Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium) with members of the legendary Guarneri Quartet. They can also be heard this season on the Cafe Series at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Inspired by music’s ability to transform, the Catalyst Quartet seeks to change the way that classical music is perceived through diverse programming for a wide range of audiences. The Catalyst Quartet proudly endorses Pirastro strings.www.pirastro.com For more on the quartet visit www.CatalystQuartet.com For North American bookings please contact California Artists Management: www.calartists.com Susan Endrizzi Morris tel: 707-937-4787 / 415-302-1083 sue.endrizzi@gmail.com Donald E. Osborne tel: 415-362-2787 / fax: 415-362-3828 don@calartists.com For all International bookings please contact Andre Dowell Sphinx Organization Andre Dowell 400 Renaissance Center, Suite 2550 Detroit, MI 48243 tel: 313-877-9100 x 712 Andre@SphinxMusic.org |
