Americas Society
680 Park Avenue
New York
7 to 8:30 pm ET
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Momenta Festival 2
The quartet is back on our stage for the second night of their 2023 Festival.
7 to 8:30 pm ET
Americas Society
680 Park Avenue
New York
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Overview
On October 5, we will host this concert in person, and tickets are free.
Registration for this concert has been CLOSED but walk-ins are welcome as seats may still be available.
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Momenta Quartet (Emilie-Anne Gendron, Alex Shiozaki, Stephanie Griffin, Michael Haas) is back on our stage for two nights of their Momenta Festival, during which each quartet member selects a program of adventurous string music. This evening's program, "Szene am Bach," is curated by Alex Shiozaki.
Program:
Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931): Sonata No. 2 for solo violin (1923)
Ileana Perez Velázquez (b. 1964): River of Life (2019)
Somei Satoh (b. 1947): A White Heron (1987)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): String Quartet Op. 18 No. 6 (1800)
Funders
The MetLife Foundation Music of the Americas concert series is made possible by the generous support of Presenting Sponsor MetLife Foundation.
The Fall 2023 Music program is also supported, in part, by the Howard Gilman Foundation, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and by The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation.
Additional support for this concert comes from the Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University.
