Description
Hear the “Ragamala” string quartet by the Indian American composer Reena Esmail, along with Wu Man’s “Glimpses of Muquam Chebayit,” performed by the 2020 winners of the prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award.
Reena Esmail based “Ragamala” on her experience studying Hindustani classical music in India on a Fulbright-Nehru grant. It will be played alongside Wu Man’s “Glimpses of Muquam Chebayit,” which was inspired by traditional music in China, including Uyghur Maqam of Xinjiang province, a pipa scale from the ninth century, and the Silk-and-Bamboo music, or teahouse music, from the artist’s hometown of Hangzhou.
Program
Wu Man - Glimpses of Muquam Chebayit
Reena Esmail - Quartet “Ragamala”
About the Quartet
With members from Singapore, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States, the Verona Quartet is in residence at the Oberlin Conservatory and has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Wigmore Hall, and Melbourne Recital Centre, in addition to appearances at La Jolla SummerFest, Chamber Music Northwest, and Bravo! Vail.
They have garnered acclaim for their “bold interpretive strength, robust characterization, and commanding resonance” (Calgary Herald) and have been praised for the “intimate way they communicate with each other and the audience” (The Arts Fuse, Boston). Their interpretive approach emanates from a spirit of storytelling, founded on a conviction that its essence transcends genre, and thus the name “Verona” pays tribute to William Shakespeare.
Image: Kaopo Kikkas
Cost
Free
