The critically acclaimed Borromeo String Quartet
will perform with world-class pianist Menahem Pressler on Saturday, Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. in
Union College's Memorial Chapel.
This is the third concert of the Schenectady Museum-Union
College Concert Series. The concert program will include Prokofiev's Quartet No. 1
in b, Op. 50; Andy Vores' Quartet No. 3 (1998); and Dvorak's Piano
Quintet in A, Op. 81.
Formed in 1989 by four young musicians from the Curtis
Institute of Music, the Borromeo String Quartet has risen quickly to international
prominence. The quartet takes its name from an area of northern Italy where it played its
first concerts together. Members include Nicholas Kitchen and Ruggero Allifranchini,
violins; Hsin-Yun Huang, viola; and Yeesun Kim, cello. All are faculty members at the New
England Conservancy. The Boston Globe wrote: “The Borromeo String Quartet is
simply the best there is on the planet; every appearance they make is an event… the only
real treasure, it's been said, is spiritual treasure, and this was it.”