Now in its 10th season, the Telegraph Quartet passionately performs both standard chamber music and contemporary works. Praised by the San Francisco Chronicle as “an incredibly valuable addition to the cultural landscape,” the Quartet has won the 2016 Walter W. Naumburg Chamber Music Award and the 2014 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition Grand Prize. For their Newport debut, they explore compositions by Rebecca Clarke, Beethoven, and Smetana, highlighting the poignant irony of each composer’s struggle with hearing loss in relation to their work.
Spend Valentine’s Day with Boyd Meets Girl, Australian classical guitarist Rupert Boyd and American cellist Laura Metcalf, who have toured the world sharing their eclectic mix of music from Debussy and Bach to Radiohead and Beyoncé. Both acclaimed soloists in their own right, Boyd has been described as “truly evocative” by The Washington Post, and as "a player who deserves to be heard" by Classical Guitar Magazine, while Metcalf, who has also toured as a member of the popular chamber ensembles Eighth Blackbird, Break of Reality and Sybarite5, has been called "brilliant" by Gramophone.
Acclaimed Trio Karénine has established itself in recent years as a key group on the French and international stage. The piano trio is lauded for its musical integrity and joie de vivre by critics and audiences alike. In a true celebration of the piano trio, this program opens with Schubert’s second piano trio, one of the very last compositions completed during this lifetime. The program concludes with Dvořák’s rarely programmed second piano trio, filled with color, warmth, lively dance, and Slavic folk elements.
Bulgarian American violinist Bella Hristova has won international acclaim for her “expressive nuance and rich tone” (New York Times) and “impressive power and control” (Washington Post). In collaboration with returning pianist, Anna Polonsky, Hristova marks her Newport debut.
