July 26, 2023

Latin Music and More From String Quartet

LAST IN A SERIES: The Dalí Quartet wraps up Princeton University Summer Chamber Concerts’ 2023 season on Friday, July 28 at Nassau Presbyterian Church.

Princeton University Summer Chamber Concerts’ 2023 series will close with the Dali Quartet on Friday, July 28 at 7:30 p.m. at Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau Street. Works by Schubert, Piazzolla, and Tchaikovsky are on the program.

The Dalí Quartet is known for bringing Latin American quartet repertoire to an equal standing alongside the Classical and Romantic canon. The quartet has been called upon for return engagements at the National Gallery of Art, Friends of Chamber Music in Portland, Chamber Music at Beall, and the SA’OAXACA International Music Festival in México, among others.

In addition to works of the masters from Haydn to Brahms and Amaya to Piazzolla, the group’s adventurous programming includes new works for quartet with percussionist Orlando Cotto, and quintets both Latin and Classical with Ricardo Morales, principal clarinetist of The Philadelphia Orchestra, and with pianist Vanessa Perez.

The Quartet is the 2021 recipient of Chamber Music America’s Guarneri String Quartet Residency, funded by the Sewell Family Foundation, and the 2021 Silver Medal at the inaugural Piazzolla Music Competition. The quartet is also the 2019 recipient of the Atlanta Symphony’s Aspire Award for accomplished African American and Latino Musicians.

The members of the Dalí Quartet are from Venezuela, Puerto Rico and the U.S., and have degrees from institutions including the New England Conservatory, Cleveland Institute of Music, Juilliard, Indiana University Bloomington, and the Simón Bolivar Conservatory in Caracas, Venezuela. The quartet is based in Philadelphia.