Reservations by Lottery:

Extremely high demand and limited seating at the Clark require that reservations to concerts be made on the basis of prepaid, mail-in lotteries.

Deadlines for submissions to the reservations lotteries are posted on this page along with the descriptions of the concerts, and links to printable reservation-by-lottery forms for the individual concerts are provided as they become available. The forms will also be sent to subscribers, and made available at the Center, at least eight weeks before each concert. Reservations will be confirmed, or forms and checks returned by mail, in accordance with the schedules announced on the reservation forms.

Requests for additional information and for reservation forms should be addressed to the Center by e-mail ( c1718cs@humnet.ucla.edu ) or by phone (310-206-8552).

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Irina Muresanu, Violin
Allison Eldredge, Cello
Heng-Jin Park, Piano

Founded in 1997, the Boston Trio continues to be one of today’s most exciting young piano trios. They enjoy a devoted following in Boston and a steadily growing reputation throughout the United States. Shortly after their debut they were asked to become Trio-in-Residence at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. They are currently the Ensemble-in-Residence at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School, where they perform frequently in Jordan Hall. The trio has coached chamber music at the Tanglewood Institute of Music, and individually the members of the trio serve on the faculties of the New England Conservatory, Boston Conservatory and MIT.

The Boston Trio released a CD in March 2000 featuring trios by Ravel, Brahms, and Suk, and also have been guests for numerous occasions on the WGBH-radio programs, “Classics in the Morning” and “Classical Performances.”

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Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49

Ástor Piazzolla
Tango for Piano Trio

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Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67

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Reservation lottery submission deadline: January 3rd
Admission: $25 per person

Reservation by lottery form.

For an explanation of the reservations lottery system, to access printable reservation-by-lottery forms for upcoming concerts, and for direct links to the ensembles' home pages, please see Music Programs, 2006–07.

Natalia Prischepenko, violin
Heime Müller, violin
Volker Jacobsen, viola
Eckart Runge, cello

Berlin-based Artemis Quartet formed in 1989 at the Musikhochschule in Lübeck, Germany, and has grown to become one of the most renowned ensembles of its kind in all of Europe. Among their many awards are the 1996 Munich Competition, the 1997 Borciani Competition, and the 2006 ECHO Klassik Prize from the German Phonographic Academy. Artemis was also the first quartet ever to be awarded the prestigious Music Prize of the Association of German Critics, which they received in 2001.

From its inception, the Quartet has valued collaboration with other musicians. Regular partners include Sabine Meyer, Elisabeth Leonskaja, David Geringas, Juliane Banse, and Leif Ove Andsnes. The Quartet's development has also been influenced by its interest in new music and its alliance with contemporary composers. During the 2004-2005 season, for example, Artemis performed two world premieres of compositions commissioned from Mauricio Sotelos and Jorg Widmanns.

In 2005 the Artemis Quartet signed an exclusive recording contract with Virgin Classics/EMI, which will create at least ten new releases by 2010. The first of these, in October 2005, was a re-release of the Ligeti String Quartets and a new recording of the Beethoven Quartets Opus 59, Number 1 and Opus 95. March 2006 saw the release of the String Sextets of Schoenberg, Berg, and Strauss, featuring the performances by Valentin Erben and the late Thomas Kakuska.

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Anton Webern
Langsamer Satz

Ludwig van Beethoven
Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2

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Arnold Schoenberg
Quartet No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 7

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Reservation forms must be postmarked or hand delivered to the Center no later than January 22, 2007. Admission: $75 per person, $50 of which is tax-deductible

Reservation form.

Andrea Vio, violin
Alberto Battiston, violin
Luca Morassutti, viola
Angelo Zanin, cello

The Quartetto di Venezia was founded more than twenty years ago by four musicians with a common musical vision, and throughout its history these same artists have concentrated on the qualities of sonority, balance, and technique that give this ensemble its distinctively Italian charm and flair.

Their artistic training was influenced by two important schools of quartet interpretation: the famous Quartetto Italiano, under the guidance of Piero Farulli at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole and at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana di Siena, where the Quartet was awarded the prestigious Diploma d'Onore; and the central European school of the renowned Vegh Quartet through their work with Sandor Vegh and Paul Szabo.

In addition to annual appearances throughout Italy, the Quartet has toured extensively in Europe and the United States, and performed in Canada, Latin America, Japan and Korea. The ensemble has had the honor of playing for the late Pope John Paul II, the President of the Italian Republic, and most recently in a private concert for the president of the European Union.

The Quartetto di Venezia has been broadcast on Italian State Television and on WQXR in New York. Its extensive discography includes recordings for Dynamic, Koch, Ermitage, Hommage, Aura, Musical Heritage Society, Fonit Cetra, CD Classic and UNICEF. The Quartetto’s collaborations include Lukas Foss, Claus-Christian Schuster, Michele Campanella, Pietro de Maria, Paul Szabo, Alirio Diaz, Oscar Ghiglia, Emanuele Segre, Karl Leister, Leyla Gencer, Martin Hornstein, Danilo Rossi, and Alessandro Specchi.

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Ludwig van Beethoven
Große Fuge in B-flat Major, Op. 133

Geoffredo Petrassi
Quattro Odi (1973-75)

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Edvard Grieg
Quartet in G Minor, Op. 27

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Reservation lottery submission deadline: February 5th, 2007.
Admission: $25 per person

Reservation by lottery form.

Jan Talich, Jr., violin
Petr Macecek, violin
Vladimir Bukac, viola
Petr Prause, cello

The Talich Quartet was founded in 1964 by Jan Talich during his studies at the Prague Conservatory, and named for his uncle Vaclav Talich, the renowned chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic. Beginning in the early 1990s, the Quartet began a gradual and complete change in personnel, ultimately rejuvenating the Quartet while continuing its tradition of involvement in a wide spectrum of musical engagements and recording activities. Jan Talich Jr., the current first violinist, is the son of the Quartet’s founder.

For several decades, the Talich Quartet has been recognized internationally as one of Europe’s finest chamber ensembles. They are regularly invited to prestigious chamber music festivals including the Prague Spring Music Festival, the Printemps des Arts in Monte Carlo, and the International String Quartet Festival in Ottawa. They have made frequent visits to such venues as New York’s Carnegie Hall, le Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, the Konzerthaus in Berlin, and London’s Wigmore Hall. Highlights of the 2005-2006 concert season included appearances in Rome, Boogna, Paris, Prague, Dresden and Rotterdam; extensive tours of the United Kingdom, Spain, and Japan; and the Quartet’s 13th tour of North America.

The Talich’s recordings of the complete string quartets by Felix Mendelssohn, released on the Calliope label between 2001and 2004, have been widely praised. Other recent recordings include, also for Calliope, Dvorak’s “American” quartet and viola quintet (2003), Smetana’s two string quartets (2003), and the soon-to-be-released Janáček quartets in celebration of the “Year of Czech Music.”

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quartet in B-flat Major, K. 458

Dmitri Shostakovich
Quartet No. 14 in F Major, Op. 142

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Johannes Brahms
Quartet in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2

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Reservation lottery submission deadline: February 20th, 2007.
Admission: $25 per person

Reservation by lottery form.

For an explanation of the reservations lottery system, to access printable reservation-by-lottery forms for upcoming concerts, and for direct links to the ensembles' home pages, please see Music Programs, 2006–07.

Daniel Chong, violin
Karen Kim, violin
Jessica Bodner, viola
Kee-Hyun Kim, cello

Founded in 2002 while its members were students at the New England Conservatory, the Parker String Quartet has already established itself as a dynamic young chamber ensemble having won numerous prizes, including the 2005 Concert Artists Guild International Competition in New York, and the Mozart Prize at the 2005 Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition in France.

Beginning with the 2005-06 season, the Quartet has embarked on extensive and critically acclaimed tours of North America and Europe, including widely praised debuts at Carnegie Hall in New York and the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, DC. Last summer they participated in the prestigious ProQuartet program in France, and were invited to work with the Arditti Quartet at the Blonay Music Institute in Switzerland.

The Quartet recorded its first CD in June 2006 for the Zig Zag label, featuring Bartok’s String Quartets Nos. 2 and 5. Later this year they will record the string quartets of György Ligeti for NAXOS.

This concert is made possible by the generous support of The Ahmanson Foundation of Los Angeles.

The series Chamber Music at the Clark is sponsored by the UCLA Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies and the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.

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Joseph Haydn
Quartet in G minor, Op. 74, No. 3 “Reiter”

György Ligeti
Quartet No. 1 “Métamorphoses Nocturnes”

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Anton Webern
Five Movements Op. 5

Ludwig van Beethoven
Quartet in F Major, Op. 135

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Reservation lottery submission deadline: March 5th, 2007.
Admission: $25 per person

Reservation by lottery form.

For an explanation of the reservations lottery system, to access printable reservation-by-lottery forms for upcoming concerts, and for direct links to the ensembles' home pages, please see Music Programs, 2006–07.

Pascal Rogé, Piano
Antonio Lysy, Cello

Pianist Pascal Rogé became an exclusive Decca artist at the age of seventeen. Since then, he has received numerous prestigious honors including two Gramophone Awards, a Grand Prix du Disque and an Edison Award for his interpretations of the concerti of Ravel and Saint-Saëns.

In 1974, Mr. Rogé made his United States debut and since then has returned almost every season, appearing in both recital and concert, most notably with the orchestras of Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, Seattle and St. Louis. In 2006, he joined the Pacific Symphony and Maestro St. Clair in their first European tour. He has also made extended recital and chamber music tours of New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan. In 2005 he became Artistic Director of the chamber music festival, La Foce, in Tuscany.

Cellist Antonio Lysy has performed as a soloist worldwide, in major concert halls including the Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall, and Berlin Philharmonie and has appeared as a soloist with such orchestras as the Royal Philharmonic of London, Camerata Academica of Salzburg, and in Canada with the Montreal and Toronto, Symphony Orchestras. He has collaborated with distinguished conductors such as Yuri Temirkanov, Charles Dutoit, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Sandor Vegh and Kees Bakels.

In addition to his concert career, Antonio Lysy was, for a number of years, professor at McGill University in Montreal, and visiting professor at the International Menuhin Music Academy in Switzerland. In 2003 he accepted a professorship at the University of California, Los Angeles.

This concert is made possible by the generous support of the Edmund D. Edelman Foundation for Music and the Performing Arts.

The series Chamber Music at the Clark is sponsored by the UCLA Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies and the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. s.

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Franz Schubert
“Arpeggione” Sonata in A Minor for Cello and Piano

Ástor Piazzolla
Le Grand Tango for Cello and Piano

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Frederic Chopin
Sonata for Cello and Piano Op.65 in G Minor

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Reservation lottery submission deadline: April 2nd
Admission: $25 per person

Reservation by lottery form.

For an explanation of the reservations lottery system, to access printable reservation-by-lottery forms for upcoming concerts, and for direct links to the ensembles' home pages, please see Music Programs, 2006–07.

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