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Pacifica Quartet to Perform Shostakovich String Quartet Cycle
The Grammy Award-winning Pacifica Quartet will perform the complete string quartets of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich in Chicago during 2010-2011.

Chicago Concert Series
The Pacifica Quartet Shostakovich quartet cycle in Chicago will be presented by Roosevelt University in a series of five programs that will also include performance of the composer’s Piano Quintet in collaboration with brilliant young American pianist Orion Weiss. The concerts will take place in Roosevelt’s intimate, acoustically beautiful Ganz Hall. Each program will be performed twice, on Sunday afternoons at 2:00 p.m. and Sunday evenings at 7:00 p.m.

Concert dates and programs
October 17, 2010 Quartet Nos. 1, 2, and 3
October 31, 2010 Quartet Nos. 4, 5, and Piano Quintet with Orion Weiss
January 30, 2011 Quartet Nos. 6, 8, and 9
February 13, 2011 Quartet Nos. 7, 10, 11, and 12
February 27, 2011 Quartet Nos. 13, 14, and 15

This will be a unique opportunity to hear the rarely performed complete Shostakovich string quartets, the first performance of the complete cycle in Chicago. The fifteen Shostakovich string quartets were composed from 1935 to 1974, a period spanning much of the composer’s creative life and many turbulent events in the Soviet Union. The Pacifica Quartet will perform the quartets in approximate order of their composition, offering a perspective on the composer’s full creative arc.

There will be pre-concert talks before each concert, and the Pacifica Quartet concert series will be augmented by free noontime lectures at the University of Chicago on Saturdays preceding concert dates. Other related music, theater, dance, and art events will be presented by Chicago-area organizations as part of the Soviet Arts Experience festival. Details will be provided at a later date.

The Pacifica Quartet’s Shostakovich cycle continues their exploration of the complete string quartets of noted composers, following performances of the Beethoven and Mendelssohn cycles and the ensemble’s widely acclaimed first single-concert performances of Elliott Carter’s complete string quartets.

Tickets
· All concerts will take place in Roosevelt University’s Ganz Hall, 430 South Michigan Avenue, 7th Floor, Chicago.
· Concert seating will be general admission, unreserved
· Single tickets will go on sale September 7, 2010 and will be priced at $35

- For more information, call 847-242-0775

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