Performing Saturday night on the Virtuosi stage, the two violinists of the chamber ensemble stopped by Classic 107 to chat with host Sarah Jo Kirsch! Watch it here!

The quartet was originally going to come in and do a 107 LIVE! feature in the Diamond Lane---performing live for us. But unfortunately, the airline they were travelling was unable to accomodate their cello and two of the members had to wait for another flight. Not to worry though! All four will be on the Virtuosi stage WITH their instruments Saturday night!

Watch Sarah Jo's chat with Alexandra (Sasha) Kazovsky and Gershon Gerchikov below.

 

 

Characterized by its youth, brilliant playing, and soulful interpretations, the Ariel Quartet has quickly earned a glowing international reputation.

The Quartet was formed in Israel sixteen years ago when its members were young students and have been playing together ever since. Recently awarded the prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award, the Quartet serves as the Faculty Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, where they direct the chamber music program and perform their own annual series of concerts – a remarkable achievement for an ensemble so young.

The Ariel Quartet’s 2015-16 season features their debut at Carnegie Hall, as well as a major collaborative project with the clarinetist David Krakauer.

Highlights of the Quartet’s 2014-15 season included a groundbreaking Beethoven cycle performed at New York’s SubCulture that featured a midnight performance of the Grosse Fuge; a performance featuring music by three generations of Israeli composers at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.; performances resulting from the Cleveland Quartet Award in Kansas City, Austin, and Buffalo; and a tour of South America.

The Ariel also collaborated with the pianist Orion Weiss in a program commemorating the 100th anniversary of World War One.

The Ariel Quartet has been mentored extensively by Itzhak Perlman, Paul Katz, Donald Weilerstein, Miriam Fried, Kim Kashkashian, and Martha Strongin Katz, among others, and spent a formative year in Basel, Switzerland, studying with Walter Levin, the founding first violinist of the LaSalle Quartet.

 

The Ariel Quartet are:

Alexandra Kazovsky - Violin

Amit Even-Tov - Cello

Gershon Gerchikov - Violin

Jan Grüning - Viola

 

 

The Ariel Quartet are performing Saturday night as part of the University of Winnipeg's Virtuosi Concert Series. The concert begins at 8PM at University of Winnipeg’s Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall.

To reserve your tickets phone 204.786.9000

 

The Ariel Quartet's Alexandra "Sasha" Kazovsky and Gershon Gerchokov with Diamond Lane host Sarah Jo Kirsch (Pictured in the middle)