The Restoration Concerts season continues with the New Hollywood String Quartet, the Restoration Concerts’ Quartet in Residence, on Sunday, November 2 at 4:00 p.m.
The program includes Schubert’s Quartettsatz, Mozart’s String Quartet No. 21, and Mendelssohn’s String Quartet Op. 44. The concert is presented by the Restoration Concerts Committee of the Friends of the South Pasadena Public Library and will be held in the beautiful historic Library Community Room at 1115 El Centro St. in South Pasadena.
Tickets will be available at the door ($25) or online at https://www.friendsofsopaslibrary.org/restoration-concerts ($26).
Inspired by the great Hollywood String Quartet from over half a century ago, the current members of the New Hollywood String Quartet are likewise premiere performers of their generation.
The quartet members are Tereza Stanislav (violin), Rafael Rishik (violin), Robert Brophy (viola), and Andrew Shulman (cello). Individually, and together as one of the top string quartets in Southern California, they are well-known guests at many of the most prestigious concert series in Los Angeles and its environs.
Dividing her time among chamber, solo, orchestral, and recording projects, Tereza Stanislav has been hailed for her “expressive beauty and wonderful intensity” (Robert Mann), her “sure technique and musical intelligence” (Calgary Herald), and her “sweet tone, brilliant phrasing, uncannily pointed rhythm and pure intonation (even at the violin’s highest and lowest extremities)” (Huffington Post).
Chamber music has always been a big part of Rafael Rishik’s musical life. He spent several years performing with the Camerata Pacifica and is a founding member of the New Hollywood String Quartet. “Compelling artistry…” is how the Jerusalem Post described Mr. Rishik’s violin playing.
Robert Brophy can be seen and heard playing with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, LA Opera, and many West Coast chamber music series. He is featured with Nigel Kennedy in a quartet for Kennedy’s new release Greatest Hits on the EMI label and has performed alongside Martha Argerich, Mischa Maisky, Michel Dalberto, and Dmitri Sitkovetsky.
Andrew Shulman, principal cello with LACO and faculty member at USC, was the first British winner of the Piatigorsky Award and was made an Honorary RCM by The Queen Mother.
The LA Times declares that his playing is “always eloquent and passionate,” The Times praises him for “fastidious poetry of phrase and technique,” and the Salt Lake Tribune writes, “[Shulman] gave a fabulously nuanced and impassioned performance.”
The Restoration Concerts Committee, a committee of the non-profit organization Friends of the South Pasadena Public Library, aims to bring world-class music at an affordable price to concertgoers in South Pasadena and surrounding communities.
As the name suggests, net proceeds from the concerts provide for restorations, enhancements, and other benefits to the South Pasadena Library and Community Room.
For more information about Restoration Concerts, contact [email protected] or visit https://www.friendsofsopaslibrary.org/restoration-concerts.
