Summer Concert Series - Ascent Music

Miró Quartet & Cho-Liang Lin!

Tuesday July 12th, 2022 at 7:30pm

The Miró Quartet is one of America’s most celebrated string quartets, having performed throughout the world on the most prestigious concert stages. For twenty-five years the Miró has performed a wide range of repertoire that pays homage to the legacy of the string quartet while looking forward to the future of chamber music by commissioning new works and collaborating with some of today’s most important artists.

The Miró return to Cincinnati to present this special concert featuring a quartet by Beethoven and the Ohio premiere of “Home” by Kevin Puts, commissioned for the Miró Quartet. After intermission, the Miró will be joined by old friends Cho-Liang Lin, Felicity James, Masumi Per Rostad, and Alan Rafferty, Artistic Director of the Ascent International Chamber Music Festival.

We are thrilled to announce that we are hopeful that Cho-Liang Lin will be joining us for some of this program in lieu of his cancelled concert due to Covid.

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Program:

Telemann Concerto for Four Violins in D Major

Cho-Liang Lin, Jingting Liu*, Marina Alba Lopez Sanchez*, Elias Fredericks*, violins

Beethoven String Quartet Op18, #2
Kevin Puts “Home”

Mendelssohn Octet w/ Cho-Liang Lin, Felicity James, Masumi Per Rostad & Alan Rafferty

*Denotes Ascent Rising Artist

Miro Quartet!

Postponed: Cho-Liang Lin Returns to Cincinnati

Postponed due to COVID: Mr. Lin will now be performing on the Miró Quartet concert on Tuesday July 12th at 7:30pm in Corbett Auditorium! If you purchased tickets for this event, they are good for the Miró Quartet concert.

The eminent violinist Cho-Liang Lin returns to Cincinnati for this performance with faculty and participants of the Ascent International Chamber Music Festival. Mr. Lin’s concert career was launched in 1980 with Lin’s debut playing the Mendelssohn Concerto with the New York Philharmonic and Zubin Mehta . He has since performed as soloist with virtually every major orchestra in the world.

July 9, 2022 at 7:30pm. Due to high demand, this concert has been moved into Corbett Auditorium at the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music

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Cho-Liang Lin Returns to Cincinnati

Inspired Recollections

Cellist David Popper wrote his Requiem for Three Cellos as a dedication to the memory of a longtime colleague. Inspired by living through the tragedy of WWII, Shostakovich composed his 2nd Piano Trio, a monumental and moving work that is as relevant today as the day it was written. The program concludes with Dvorak’s epic Piano Quintet featuring Dvorak’s signature use of folk music inspired by the music of his homeland. The masterpiece ends with a moment that can only be described as the feeling of coming home. Ascent dedicates this performance to all those who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

July 5, 2022 at 7:30pm in Werner Recital Hall

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Inspired Recollections

FULL ACCESS FESTIVAL PASS

Attend all five concerts of the 2022 Ascent Concert Series AND receive admission to public Master Classes and Rising Artists Performances!

Master Class location subject to change

Duo Ingolfsson-Stoupel, Wednesday June 29, 7:30pm Werner Hall

Chamber Music Master Class: Alan Rafferty, Thursday June 30, 3:30pm Werner Hall

Rising Artists Solo Showcase, Thursday June 30th, 7:30pm Werner Hall

Faculty Concert, Friday, July 1, 7:30pm Werner Hall

Faculty Concert, Tuesday, July 5, 7:30pm Werner Hall

Violin Master Class: Cho Liang Lin, Thursday July 7, 7:30pm Werner Hall

Chamber Music Master Class: Cho Liang Lin, Friday July 8, 3:30pm Werner Hall

Cho-Liang Lin, Saturday, July 9, 7:30pm Werner Hall

Chamber Music Master Class: Miro Quartet, Monday July 11th, 3:30pm Werner Hall

Miró Quartet Tuesday, July 12, 7:30pm Corbett Auditorium

Reception immediately following the Miró concert

Chamber Music Master Class: Masumi Per Rostad, Wednesday July 13, 3:30pm MEH 3250

Rising Artists Chamber Music Showcase, Thursday July 14, 6pm Werner Hall

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Past event: Duo Ingolfsson-Stoupel

Duo Ingolfsson-Stoupel make their Cincinnati debut to open the Ascent International Chamber Music Festival Concert Series. This dynamic duo, featuring the talents of violinist Judith Ingolfsson and pianist Vladimir Stoupel, present an intimate recital honoring composers of the 20^th century and beyond that is not to be missed.

June 29, 2022 at 7:30pm in Werner Recital Hall

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Duo Ingolfsson-Stoupel

Past event: Ode to Friendship

The composer and violinist Jessie Montgomery wrote her Duo for Violin and Cello “as an ode to friendship with movements characterizing laughter, compassion, adventure, and sometimes silliness.” What better way to open the 2022 Ascent Faculty Chamber Series than with this piece? The program includes the beautiful Clara Schumann Piano Trio and concludes with Faure’s C Minor Piano Quartet, a piece full of warmth and optimism.

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Ode to Friendship