Tesla Quartet: A Bartók Journey – Week 6 Open Rehearsal [LIVE]

Ross Snyder, violin
Michelle Lie, violin
Edwin Kaplan, viola
Serafim Smigelskiy, cello

Week 6: String Quartet No. 6, Sz. 114, BB 119

Wednesday, June 9 at 7pm Eastern / 4pm Pacific
Guest Speaker: composer Gabriela Lena Frank
Friday, June 11 at 1pm Eastern / 10am Pacific
Virtual Open Rehearsal
Saturday, June 12 at 7:30pm Eastern / 4:30pm Pacific
Live-stream performance of String Quartet No. 6, Sz. 114, BB 119

Join the Tesla Quartet on an exciting journey through the six monumental string quartets of Béla Bartók as the Quartet embarks on its first performance of the complete cycle. For the Tesla Quartet’s six week Bartók-fest we will explore how this music sways our innermost passions, to a depth and at a pace designed to entertain, inform, and engage our listeners. Each week will focus on a single quartet and will begin with a discussion with hugely inspiring experts, performers, composers and musicologists who have unique and personal relationships to Bartók’s String Quartets. The second day is an open rehearsal of the week’s quartet, offering a rare behind-the-scenes look at the Tesla’s working process. Each week will culminate with the Tesla Quartet’s live-stream performance of Bartók’s work, followed by a Q&A with our subscribers, viewable to anyone watching the performance. The two-legged journey will be split between March and May/June, with three quartets featured in each three-week period, and will be supplemented with social media content and prize giveaways!

Register here to watch: https://www.teslaquartet.com/bartok-journey-viewer-registration

Link to donate: https://www.teslaquartet.com/support

About Tesla Quartet

The Tesla Quartet is known throughout the world for their "superb capacity to find the inner heart of everything they play, regardless of era, style, or technical demand" (The International Review of Music). From cutting edge contemporary works to established masterpieces, the Tesla Quartet's emotive and thoughtful interpretations reveal the ensemble's deep commitment to the craft and to their ever-expanding repertoire. The group is comprised of Ross Snyder and Michelle Lie on violin, Edwin Kaplan on viola, and Austin Fisher on cello.