Volodymyr Vynnytsky to concertize with famed Zapolski String Quartet

NEW YORK - Volodymyr Vynnytsky will appear in concert with the Zapolski String Quartet of Denmark in a series of concerts beginning Saturday, June 22, at the Ukrainian Institute of America, presenting a program of works by Alexander Zapolski, Shostakovich, Mozart and Fauré.

Subsequent concerts will be held at the Grazhda in Hunter, N.Y., on Saturday, June 29, at 8 p.m. as part of the Music and Art Center of Greene County summer concert series, where Mr. Vynnytsky is artist-in-residence, and culminate with a performance at Music Mountain, the oldest continuous Summer Chamber Music Festival in the United States, based in Falls Village, Conn., on Sunday, June 30, at 2:30 p.m.

The program at both venues will feature works by C. Nielsen, Lille Suite for Striygere, Op. 1; Brahms, Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 51; Beethoven, Quartet in F Minor (Serioso), Op. 95; and Fauré, Piano Quintet in C Minor, Op. 115.

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The Zapolski String Quartet - Alexander Zapolski, violin; Jacob Soelberg, violin; Gregory Khodos, viola; and Troels Svane, cello - since its founding in 1993 by violinist and composer Alexander Zapolski has been recognized as one of Denmark's leading quartets.

The quartet collaborates frequently with the Danish Cultural Institute, and has played in Germany, Russia, Slovakia, Austria and Scandinavia, including the prestigious Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival in Finland.

In 1999 the Zapolski String Quartet was appointed ensemble-in-residence at the Royal Library in Copenhagen. In a series of exhibition concerts the ensemble focused on hitherto neglected Danish quartet repertoire, contrasting it to works by more established composers. The collaboration with the Royal Library has also resulted in the founding of the Copenhagen Winter Festival, which invites internationally recognized soloists to Copenhagen for teaching and concerts with the quartet.

The quartet's artistic development is documented through regular national broadcasts by Danish Radio. The Zapolski String Quartet received the Danish Music Critics' Association award in 2000.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, June 16, 2002, No. 24, Vol. LXX

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