Staff Report
The Borromeo String Quartet makes two high-profile stops in the area next week. Wednesday, the critically acclaimed musicians will offer the next performance in the Presidential Concert Series at Lee University. Thursday, they’ll perform as part of the String Theory chamber music concert series at Hunter Museum of American Art.
Combining the sounds of the violin (Nicholas Kitchen and Kristopher Tong), viola (Mai Motobuchi) and cello (Yeesun Kim), the quartet will explore the music of Beethoven, Bartok, Schoenberg, Shostakovich and Golijov.
Considered “simply the best there is” by The Boston Globe, the quartet has performed at some of the world’s most famous concert halls and music festivals.
Additionally, the quartet has long-standing residencies at the Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum in Boston, the Tenri Cultural Institute in New York and the Dai-Ichi Semei Hall in Tokyo. The foursome has been the quartet-in-residence at the prestigious New England Conservatory of Music for 17 years.
Presidential Concert Series
* When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
* Where: Squires Recital Hall, Humanities Building on Parker Street, Lee University, Cleveland, Tenn.
* Admission: $10 adults, $5 seniors and students.
* Phone: 423-614-8343 reservations, 423-614-8240 information.
* Website: www.leeuniversity.edu.
* Note: Dixon Center box office open 3-6 p.m. weekdays.