The Belcea Quartet, a young, British group considered one of the best quartets of its generation, will take the stage in Memorial Chapel Friday, March 6 at 8 p.m. Violinists Corina Belcea-Fisher and Laura Samuel, cellist Antoine Lederlin and violist Krzysztof Chorzelski will perform pieces by Haydn, Schubert and Britten.
The group, established at the Royal College of Music in 1994, has won numerous prizes, including first prize at both the Osaka and Bordeaux International string quartet competitions, Chamber Music Award of the Royal Philharmonic Society and Gramophone Award for best debut recording. Most recently, the group recorded the Bartok quartets, for which it was named Chamber Music Ensemble of the Year by Germany’s prestigious Echo Klassik Awards.
The concert is free to members of the Union community. General admission tickets are $20, and area students may attend for $8. For more information, call 388-6080 or click here.