Piano Quintets

The Chamber Music Society Fairfield presents Piano Quintets: Assaff Weisman, piano with Maia Quartet.

Assaff Weisman, Piano
Tricia Park and Zoran Jalovcic, Violin,
Elizabeth Oakes, Viola,
Hannah Holman, Cello

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Schumann: Piano Quintet, Op. 44
Dvorák: Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81

Assaff Weisman, Piano
Tricia Park and Zoran Jalovcic, Violin,
Elizabeth Oakes, Viola,
Hannah Holman, Cello

Schumann: Piano Quintet, Op. 44
Dvorák: Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81

Tickets at the door: $15
Students, Children 12 and over, Seniors 65yrs and IAA Participants: $12
Children under 12: free

Pianist Assaff Weisman has been captivating audiences with his intensity, lyricism and communicative style since his solo debut at the age of twelve. The Greenville News observed "this piano virtuoso has facile fingers that toss off daredevil passages with ease and a mind for music that is as nimble as his fingers."

Mr. Weisman's performances have taken him to some of the major venues in Europe, the Middle East and the Americas. These include appearances at the Rudolfinum in Prague, Beethovenhalle in Bonn, Philips Hall in The Hague, the Millennium Piano Festival in Spain as well as in Italy, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. As first prize winner in the 2006 Iowa International Piano Competition he has appeared as soloist with the Sioux City Symphony, American Chamber Orchestra, Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra, Connecticut Valley Chamber Orchestra as well as the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional of Peru.

Since its formation in 1990, the Maia Quartet, Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Iowa, has established itself nationally as an ensemble of innovation and versatility. Praised by critics for its "sparkling musical intelligence," (The Baltimore Sun) the Quartet has appeared in major concert halls throughout the U.S. and abroad, including New York's Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall and the 92nd Street Y, Washington D.C.'s Kennedy Center, Beijing's Forbidden City Concert Hall and the Aspen Music Festival's Harris Hall. Recent collaborations with leading chamber musicians include performances with Joel Krosnick, Andre-Michel Schub, Cynthia Phelps and Daniel Avshalomov. The Quartet's commitment to the work of living composers has led to premieres of compositions by Pierre Jalbert, Dan Coleman and Vivian Fung.

The Maia Quartet's 2010-11 season includes appearances on the Sheldon Friends of Chamber Music series in Lincoln, NE, the Quad Cities Visiting Artist Series, the City University of New York Chamber Music Series, and at the University of Minnesota and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Past season highlights included performances for the Westchester Chamber Music Society, the Austin Chamber Music Center, the Zimmerli Art Museum, the Great Wall International Music Academy in Beijing, China and at the Up-Beat Festival in Hokkaido, Japan.