来自布拉格的普拉萨克弦乐四重奏(Prazak Quartet)13日将在莱斯大学演出

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莫扎特D大调弦乐四重奏，KV 575 (String Quartet in D major, KV 575 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
1756-1791
马替奴弦乐四重奏，第三号(String Quartet No. 3 Bohuslav Martinu)
1890-1959
约翰内斯·勃拉姆斯弦乐四重奏，降B小调，作品67号(String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 67 Johannes Brahms)
1833-1897

普拉斯克(Prazok)弦乐四重奏组的成员是小提琴Vaclav Remes和Vlastimil Holek，中提琴Josef Kluson，大提琴Michal Kanka

预购票或团体票请电: 713.348.5400 fax: 713.348.5405
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票价: $19-$52 (长辈 65岁以上; 全日制学生凭学生证可以享受折扣)
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所有演出都是在 莱斯大学(Rice University) • 爱丽丝布朗大厅(Alice Pratt Brown Hall) • University Blvd.8号入口 或 Rice Blvd.18号入口。
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The Prazák Quartet returns to Houston for a one-night only performance sponsored by Houston Friends of Music and The Shepherd School of Music. The quartet was last here in 2002 for a highly acclaimed performance on the Friends’ chamber music series.

Their 2006/07 tours will bring them to 23 North American cities, including New York (Carnegie Hall), Boston, Houston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Detroit, Kansas City, New Orleans, Salt Lake City, Tucson, Vancouver, and Montreal

The Prazák Quartet—one of today´s leading international chamber music ensembles—was established in 1972 while its members were students at the Prague Conservatory. Since then, the quartet has gained attention for its place in the unique Czech quartet tradition, and its musical virtuosity.

The 1974 Czech Music Year saw the Prazák Quartet receive the first prize at the Prague Conservatory Chamber Music Competition. Within twelve months their international career had been launched with a performance at the 1975 Prague Spring Music Festival. In 1978 the quartet took the first prize at the Evian String Quartet Competition as well as a special prize awarded by Radio France for the best recording during the competition. Further prizes were awarded at various other Czech competitions.

For nearly 30 years, the Prazák Quartet has been at home on music stages worldwide. They are regular guests in the major European musical capitals—Prague, Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Milan, Madrid, London, Berlin, Munich, etc.—and have been invited to participate at numerous international festivals, where they have collaborated with such artists as Menahem Pressler, Jon Nakamatsu, Cynthia Phelps, Roberto Diaz, Josef Suk, and Sharon Kam.

In North America, the Prazak Quartet has performed in New York (Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, 92 nd St. Y), Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Houston, Washington, Philadelphia, Miami, St. Louis, New Orleans, Berkeley, Cleveland, Tucson, Denver, Buffalo, Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal.

The Prazak Quartet records exclusively for Praga/Harmonia Mundi which, to date, has released 20 award-winning CDs. In addition to numerous radio recordings in France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the Czech Republic, the Prazak Quartet has also made recordings for Supraphon, Panton, Orfeo, Ottavo, Bonton, and Nuova Era.

“Definitive may be the most overused adjective in the critic’s vocabulary, but no other single word more aptly describes the achievement by this superb foursome.”
--Chicago Tribune

“A tone that was warm and shapely yet sufficiently crystalline to allow the textures and individual lines to be savored. It was the kind of virtuosity that does not call attention to itself, but leaves a listener feeling secure that the music is in capable hands….A hotblooded, richly textured reading.”
--The New York Times

“Performed with mastery and the freedom that comes with deep identification with the music….the members perform rhapsodically and flamboyantly but in absolutely effortless synchronicity with one another”
--Philadelphia Inquirer

“A vivid and moving experience….an exceptional evening of music-making.”
--The Dallas Morning News

“Near ideal.”
--BBC Music Magazine

“The Prazak plays with the great tonal warmth and beauty of the Guarneri, the huge dynamic range of the Alben Berg, [and] the superb intonation of the old Quartetto Italiano.”
--Fanfare

“A warmth that recalled the proximity of coffee house and concert hall in the old Austro-Hungarian empire.”
--The Strad

“Poetic…powerful…It was the kind of performance that grabbed you by the collar and refused to behave.”
--Los Angeles Times

For tickets and information:
Deirdre Spann, Administrative Manager
Info Phone: 713-348-5400
Cellphone for press questions: 832-452-3009

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Box Office: opens at 7:00 p.m. the day of the concert
Tickets: Tickets: $19-$60
Discounts for Seniors 65+.
Discounts for full-time students with valid I.D.
$5 Student rush tickets, if available, 7:45 p.m. at the box office.

Upcoming performances:

Prazak Quartet: www.davidroweartists.com
www.vermeerqt.com
www.emersonquartet.com

ALL CONCERTS AT STUDE CONCERT HALL 8:00 P.M. RICE UNIVERSITY
THE SHEPHERD SCHOOL OF MUSIC, ALICE PRATT BROWN HALL
ENTRANCE #18 OFF RICE BLVD. OR ENTRANCE #8 OFF UNIVERSITY BLVD.

Houston Friends of Music is funded in part by grants from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance.