The Ciompi Quartet of Duke University has delighted audiences and impressed critics around the world. All its members are professors at Duke University. Reservations are open now for this free event.
The Ciompi Quartet of Duke University has delighted audiences and impressed critics around the world. All its members are professors at Duke University. Reservation is available now for this free event.
Featuring Gabrielius Alekna, piano Our resident ensemble, The Ciompi Quartet, begins their season this evening with a quartet by Haydn, reviving a Ciompi tradition. They follow with a dynamic set ...
Presented by “From beginning to end the playing sounded intelligent and sure, softened at the edges with a full and mellow tone.” Featuring Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo soprano and Ieva ...
Nnenna Freelon, Narrator A Forest Unfolding is the brainchild of eight writers and composers who were inspired by scientific research into the rich communication and subterranean connectivity between trees. Environmentalists ...
When George Crumb’s Black Angels was premiered in 1970, the composer said it had been “conceived as a kind of parable on our troubled contemporary world.” The piece remains one ...
Clarinetist Romie de Guise-Langlois joins Duke’s own Ciompi Quartet, featuring renowned members of the university’s faculty, for an intimate evening of classical music by American composers Anthony Kelley, Anna Weesner, ...
RSVP for this free event HERE. In a celebration of juxtapositions, Duke’s own Ciompi Quartet will perform the world premiere of long-time collaborator and fellow faculty member John Supko’s 2020 ...
RSVP for this free event HERE. American composer Christopher Theofanidis found inspiration in a twelfth-century Sufi allegorical poem for his 2018 Conference of the Birds, a work that combines music ...
After a year of virtual offerings, Duke’s resident Ciompi Quartet returns in person this November with an evening program featuring compositions created during the time of war. For the final ...
Duke Performances is excited to present our virtual season – The Show Must Go Online! High-quality, commissioned films featuring artists originally slated for in-person performances will premiere on Vimeo for ticket holders. ...
Duke Performances is excited to present our Virtual Fall season – The Show Must Go Online! High-quality, commissioned films featuring artists originally slated for in-person performances will premiere on Vimeo for ticket holders. ...
Duke Performances single tickets, including $10 Duke student tickets, are now on sale. Single tickets can be purchased online, via phone at 919-684-4444, and in person at the Duke University ...
March 16, 2020: Important Announcement: Remainder of Duke Performances spring season cancelled Dear Friends, Due to precautionary measures related to COVID-19, Duke University has temporarily suspended on-campus classes and is ...
For its first outing with new cellist Caroline Stinson, the Ciompi Quartet maintains its annual tradition of beginning each new season with a string quartet from Haydn, the architect of ...
The Ciompi Quartet opens this concert with Arvo Pärt’s landmark Fratres, an engrossing 1977 piece that seesaws between hyperactive flurries and halcyon stretches. They continue with Elliott Carter’s Two Fragments ...
The Ciompi Quartet conclude their celebration of fifty years in residence at Duke University by welcoming former students back to campus — and to the stage — for a Duke ...
Since 1974, Fred Raimi has worked as the cellist of the Ciompi Quartet, making him the longest-serving member of the venerable Duke institution. This concert marks Raimi’s final performance as ...
For its fall concert the Ciompi recruits two acclaimed area musicians for a pair of string quintets. They begin with Mozart’s emotionally dynamic String Quintet No. 3, which ricochets from ...
The third concert of the season finds the Ciompi Quartet exploring works inspired by folk music. They play the bright, childlike melodies of Britten’s Three Divertimenti, the young composer’s sketch ...
The Ciompi’s second program of the season is an all-Mozart affair, beginning with one of the composer’s “Haydn” quartets. The ensemble join a frequent collaborator, gifted clarinetist Allan Ware, to ...
The Ciompi begin their season with their venerable tradition of playing a quartet by Haydn, the father of that form. His Quartet No. 39 surprisingly ends with a fugue, a ...
Talking Music: A Conversation with Edgar Meyer Acclaimed bassist and composer Edgar Meyer, praised by The New Yorker as “the most remarkable virtuoso in the relatively un-chronicled history of his instrument,” arrives in Durham ...
The Ciompi Quartet conclude their celebration of fifty years in residence at Duke University by welcoming former students back to campus — and to the stage — for a Duke ...
The Ciompi finish their season with a panoramic view of Beethoven’s seminal string quartets.
The Ciompi Quartet are joined by members of Kyo-Shin-An Arts for a concert encompassing works by Eastern and Western composers. Opening the concert is Debussy’s Quartet in G Minor, op. 10, ...
In the Ciompi Quartet’s tradition of opening each season with a work by Haydn, father of the string quartet, the Ciompi begin their 50th Anniversary Season with the Quartet in ...
The Ciompi Quartet present an all-Viennese program, opening with the early romantic “Rosamunde” Quartet of Schubert, filled with restless melancholy. Webern’s lush, tonal Langsamer Satz (Slow Movement) is followed by ...
In the Ciompi Quartet’s venerable tradition of opening each season with a work by Haydn, this program begins with the vivacious String Quartet in B-flat Major, op. 50, no. 1, ...
The Ciompi share the season’s second concert with the Amernet String Quartet, an ensemble praised by the New York Times as “immensely satisfying.” The Amernet is Quartet in Residence at ...
Local favorites Nicholas Kitchen, viola, and Yeesun Kim, cello, both of the Borromeo String Quartet, join the Ciompi for an evening of sextets. The concert begins with the premiere of ...
The Ciompi’s season finale opens with Schubert’s popular “Quartettsatz” in C Minor, D. 703. The quartet is then joined by countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, a Durham native who performs regularly ...
In its final concert of the season, the Ciompi is joined by not one but two exceptional guest musicians. After the opening selection of Mozart’s first Prussian quartet, the stellar ...
The Ciompi Quartet closes its audacious 2013/14 season with a world premiere and two rediscovered classics. After a stirring account of legendary 19th century violin virtuoso Ernst’s string quartet, they ...
The season’s third concert echoes its second with a modern masterpiece bookended by Beethoven and Brahms. The program begins with Beethoven’s Quartet in A Major, Op. 18, No. 2 and ...
The Ciompi’s second concert of the season mixes two classical works of genius with a shimmering modern example. The season-long exploration of Brahms’ complete string quartets kicks off with his ...
The concert is sold out for advance purchase. The Box Office at Baldwin Auditorium will start a waiting list at 7 pm on the night of the performance to fill ...
Through three exquisite works, the Ciompi’s second concert of the season chronicles the fascinating progression from romanticism to modernism in chamber music. In the first half, the English romantic composer ...
In its third concert, the Ciompi is pleased to help bring to life a major commission, organized by Duke Divinity professor Jeremy Begbie, of a new piano quintet by Christopher ...
The Ciompi Quartet opens the 2012/13 season with a blockbuster program of masterpieces spanning the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. The evening begins with one of Haydn’s late, great Op. ...
In this special lunchtime series of performances, the Ciompi explores the connections between Haydn and Shostakovich. Each event lasts approximately 50 minutes and features quartets by both composers. All concerts ...
The Ciompi has been Duke’s resident string quartet for over four decades, while New York’s Borromeo — with first violinist Nicholas Kitchen, who was raised in Durham — has been ...
For more than 40 years, the Ciompi Quartet has been Duke’s steadfast resident chamber ensemble, interpreting both ageless repertory and bracing new music with colloquial warmth and musicality. They return ...
In this special lunchtime series of performances, the Ciompi explores the connections between Haydn and Shostakovich. Each event lasts approximately 50 minutes and features quartets by both composers. All concerts begin ...
Founded in 1965, the Ciompi has been Duke’s resident chamber ensemble for more than four decades, turning out bracing performances of new and classical programs with “genuine warmth” and “effortless…coordination” ...
In each of these free lunchtime events, 50 minutes of the most essential music is accompanied by a brief introduction by a Quartet member. This season, the Ciompi addresses canonical ...
For more than 40 years, the Ciompi Quartet has been Duke’s steadfast resident chamber ensemble, interpreting both ageless repertory and bracing new music with colloquial warmth and musicality. They return ...
In this special lunchtime series of performances, the Ciompi explores the connections between Haydn and Shostakovich. Each event lasts approximately 50 minutes and features quartets by both composers. All concerts ...
For more than 40 years, the Ciompi Quartet has been Duke’s steadfast resident chamber ensemble, interpreting both ageless repertory and bracing new music with colloquial warmth and musicality. They return ...
In this special lunchtime series of performances, the Ciompi explores the connections between Haydn and Shostakovich. Each event lasts approximately 50 minutes and features quartets by both composers. All concerts begin ...
Our special bonus concert surveys two towering monuments of Western art. First, Duke’s own Ciompi Quartet performs Beethoven’s magisterial String Quartet Op. 132. After intermission, Chamber Arts Society Director George ...
Founded in 1965, the Ciompi has been Duke’s resident chamber ensemble for more than four decades, turing out bracing performances of new and classical programs with “genuine warmth” and “effortless…coordination” ...
GUEST ARTISTS: John Brown, bass; Thomas Kraines, cello Founded in 1965, the Ciompi has been Duke’s resident chamber ensemble for more than four decades, turing out bracing performances of new ...
In each of these free lunchtime events, 50 minutes of the most essential music is accompanied by a brief introduction by a Quartet member. This season, the Ciompi addresses canonical works ...
In each of these free lunchtime events, 50 minutes of the most essential music is accompanied by a brief introduction by a Quartet member. This season, the Ciompi addresses canonical ...
GUEST ARTIST: Valentin Lanzrein, baritone Founded in 1965, the Ciompi has been Duke’s resident chamber ensemble for more than four decades, turing out bracing performances of new and classical programs ...
William Byrd: Fantasia a 6 No. 2 in G Minor for 6 Viols Sir Peter Maxwell Davies: String Quartet “A Sad Paven for these Distracted Tymes” Frank Bridge: String Sextet ...
In each of these free lunchtime events, 50 minutes of the most essential chamber music in history will be accompanied by a short introduction, giving insight into the shape and ...
In each of these free lunchtime events, 50 minutes of the most essential chamber music in history will be accompanied by a short introduction, giving insight into the shape and ...
Additional Events: First Course Concert No. 4 Thursday, April 29, 2010 • 6 pm Duke Gardens Composers Robert Ward and Chiayu Hsu discuss their premieres. Beethoven: Quartet in B-flat Major, ...
In each of these free lunchtime events, 50 minutes of the most essential music is accompanied by a brief introduction by a Quartet member. This season, the Ciompi addresses canonical works ...
In each of these free lunchtime events, 50 minutes of the most essential chamber music in history will be accompanied by a short introduction, giving insight into the shape and ...
Guest artist: Susan Fancher, saxophone Additional Events: First Course Concert No. 1 Thursday, October 15, 2009 • 6 pm Nelson Music Room Composer Max Rami discusses his premiere. Haydn: Quartet ...
In each of these free lunchtime events, 50 minutes of the most essential chamber music in history will be accompanied by a short introduction, giving insight into the shape and ...
Additional Events: First Course Concert No. 2 Thursday, November 12, 2009 • 6 pm Duke Gardens Professor John Supko discusses Bartók. Mozart: Quartet in D Minor, K. 421 Bartók: Quartet ...