This special program is made possible through the generous support of the Howard and Katherine Aibel Foundation and the Lundberg Family Foundation.
Is there anything more moving and delightful than hearing young, virtuosic musicians in an environment in which they are growing and developing -- while they present us with the pleasures of their talents?
This is the gift that Young Concert Artists on Tour (YCA) has brought to audiences around the globe for more than 60 years, and now for the first time, to the Quick. YCA considers its artists the “leaders of the future: stars who combine world-class talent with creative vision to bring new reach and relevance to the art form.” YCA discovers these extraordinary young musicians and then nurtures them. YCA alumni include luminaries Emanuel Ax, Jeremy Denk, Dawn Upshaw, and many others.
The Quick is proud to present YCA’s inaugural chamber music ensemble touring program. This first tour offers a special program of chamber music and song, featuring: Chinese violinist Lun Li, Danish cellist Jonathan Swensen, Spanish/Dutch pianist Albert Cano Smit, American tenor Daniel McGrew, and American bass-baritone Joseph Parrish.
The program will include Felix Mendelssohn’s “Songs (6) for 2 voices & piano, Op. 63,” Richard Strauss’s “Morgen, Op. 27, No. 4,” and Robert Schumann’s “Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 63,” among other selections.
Young Concert Artists has fostered the careers of 293 musicians over the course of almost six decades: an admirable achievement.
—Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times (2017)
