Aizuri Quartet with Jonathan Biss

The Aizuri Quartet derives its name from a Japanese style of woodblock printing that features intricate detail and vibrant color—which perfectly describes the group’s charismatic yet meticulous musicianship. The quartet’s credits include first prize at the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition in 2017 and third prize at the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition in 2015. Formerly in residence at Curtis, the Aizuri Quartet opens its Curtis Presents program by exploring a theme of isolation as experienced by four composers from four different centuries. For the second half the quartet joins forces with the imaginative and expressive pianist Jonathan Biss of Curtis’s piano faculty for Antonín Dvořák’s chamber masterwork, the Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81. Their dynamic collaboration is not to be missed.

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