Asheville Chamber Music Series Presents the Harlem Quartet

(L-R) Cellist Felix Umanski, violinists Ilmar Gavilan and Melissa White, and violist Jaime Amador form the Harlem Quartet.
(L-R) Cellist Felix Umanski, violinists Ilmar Gavilan and Melissa White, and violist Jaime Amador form the Harlem Quartet.

The Asheville Chamber Music Series (ACMS) will present the Harlem Quartet in concert on Sunday afternoon May 1, 2016 at 4 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, located at the corner of Edwin Place and Charlotte Street.

Since its public debut at Carnegie Hall in 2006, the New York-based ensemble has performed throughout the United States, as well as in France, the U.K., Belgium, Panama, Canada and South Africa. Each member of the quartet is a seasoned solo artist, having appeared with such orchestras as the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Pops and the Atlanta, Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit, National, Utah, Puerto Rico, Julliard, New World, and Pittsburgh symphony orchestras.

“We look forward to welcoming the fine musicians of the Harlem Quartet to Asheville,” says Polly Feitzinger, President of the ACMS. “We have had an outstanding season this year and we will be ending it on a high note with this wonderful ensemble,” she added.

The Harlem Quartet program will include: Mendelssohn’s String Quartet No. 4, Op. 44 No. 2; Buena Vista Social Club Medley, Chan Chan; Dizzy Gillespie’s A Night in Tunisia; Billy Strayhorn’s Take the A Train; Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 9, Op. 59 No. 3.

Tickets are $38 each. To purchase tickets or for more information please visit the ACMS website at www.ashevillechambermusic.org or call Nathan Shirley at (828) 575-7427 or [email protected].