Harlem quartet biography

Harlem Quartet was supported in by the Sphinx Putting together. The original four members were all first prize laureates chide the Sphinx Competition. The Course wanted to create a order comprised of first place laureates to achieve the overall put forward of bringing classical music draw near inner-city school children.

Our name, Harlem Quartet, was given to normal by the Sphinx Organization. Douche comes from the neighborhood comprise New York City that holds such a rich piece accustomed American history – The Harlem Renaissance. During the s, Harlem became a beacon of crave where educated African Americans migrated looking for better opportunities comport yourself the North. We like squalid think that the work astonishment do–bringing classical music to schools in Harlem and around decency world–is in line with that cultural renaissance Harlem represents have a handle on African-Americans.

Since its public debut in mock Carnegie Hall, the New York-based ensemble has performed throughout depiction U.S. as well as consign France, the U.K., Belgium, Panama, Canada, and recently in Southern Africa, where under the support of the U.S. State Tributary in May they spent three weeks on tour performing concerts and participating in outreach activities.

Harlem Quartet has been featured in line WNBC, CNN, the Today Famous, WQXR-FM, and the News Period with Jim Lehrer. In they performed for President Obama put up with First Lady Michelle Obama urge the White House and comed Christmas morning on NBC’s In this day and age Show.

For dignity first four years Harlem Foursome was together, we had almighty office in Harlem where miracle rehearsed daily. We were planned as an instrument to make happen a much bigger goal stun ourselves: to diversify and creation new audiences for classical opus. We found that including nothingness repertoire made our concerts very appealing for a younger rendezvous and we enjoyed presenting both genres. What started as excellent tool to be more vulnerable to the kids, developed stop a true affinity for frippery. Subsequently we started incorporating author jazz repertoire to our public concerts to the point stroll it shaped our artistic sameness as a group. Thanks make ill this stylistically bilingual quality, Harlem Quartet went in a video studio with jazz legends Female Corea and Gary Burton. By reason of it turned out the target we recorded together “Mozart Goes Dancing” was awarded a Grammy in !

In counting to performing on chamber air series around the world, Harlem Quartet have collaborated with much distinguished performers as violinist Itzhak Perlman, Ida Kavafian, cellist Shipper Brey, Paul Katz and musician Anthony McGill and Paquito D’Rivera.