Catalyst Quartet – Past Concerts
Hailed by The New York Times at its Carnegie Hall debut as "invariably energetic and finely burnished… playing with earthy vigor," the Grammy Award-winning Catalyst Quartet was founded by the internationally acclaimed Sphinx Organization in 2010. The ensemble (Karla Donehew Perez, violin; Abi Fayette, violin; Paul Laraia, viola; and Karlos Rodriguez, cello) believes in the unity that can be achieved through music and imagine their programs and projects with this in mind, redefining and reimagining the classical music experience.
The Catalyst Quartet, known for "perfect ensemble unity" and "unequaled class of execution" (Lincoln Journal Star), has toured widely throughout the United States and abroad, including sold-out performances at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., at Chicago's Harris Theater, Miami's New World Center, and Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall in New York. The quartet has been guest soloists with the Cincinnati Symphony, New Haven Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and the Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá, and has served as principal players and featured ensemble with the Sphinx Organization's featured ensemble, the Sphinx Virtuosi, on six national tours. They have been invited to perform at important music festivals such as Mainly Mozart in San Diego, the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, Sitka Music Festival, Juneau Jazz and Classics, Strings Music Festival, and the Grand Canyon Music Festival, where they appear annually. The Catalyst Quartet was ensemble-in-residence at the Vail Dance Festival in 2016 and in the 2021-22 season were in residence with San Francisco Performances where they presented the complete series of works from their Uncovered Project. In 2022, the Catalyst Quartet was named ensemble in residence for the Chamber Music Northwest Festival in Portland and for the Met Museum's LiveArts series in NYC.
The Catalyst Quartet members hold degrees from The Cleveland Institute of Music, Curtis Institute of Music, Juilliard School, and New England Conservatory.
Meany Center: Imani Winds & Catalyst Quartet
Florence Price – Newly discovered work TBA
Jessie Montgomery – Sergeant McCauley
Roberto Sierra – Concierto de Cámara
$65 (subscriptions available)
Meany On Screen: Imani Winds & Catalyst Quartet (on-demand until 5/21/2021)
Jessie Montgomery —" V. Lay Dis Body Down" from Sergeant McCauley
Astor Piazzolla, arr. Jeff Scott – Libertango
Free (Free)
Notes from Home: Catalyst Quartet
$26
Music Mondays: Imani Winds & Catalyst Quartet
Free (Free)
Chamber Music Northwest: Catalyst Quartet – Uncovered (broadcast on-demand until 2/20/2021)
Florence Price – Five Folksongs in Counterpoint
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson – String Quartet No. 1 “Calvary”
$20 ($99 All-Access)
Caramoor: (im)migration – Music of change with Imani Winds & Catalyst Quartet (on-demand until 2/14/2021)
Free
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: Catalyst Quartet & Harlem Quartet [LIVE]
Dmitri Shostakovich – Two Pieces for String Octet
Jessie Montgomery – Strum
Felix Mendelssohn – Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20
Free (Pay what you can)
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Beethoven, Mendelssohn, & Montgomery (encore broadcast)
Free
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: Beethoven, Mendelssohn, & Montgomery (encore broadcast)
Free
Music Mondays presents the Catalyst Quartet
Alberto Ginastera – Selection from String Quartet No. 2
Free (Free)
Town Music: Catalyst Quartet
$20 / $15
UW World Series: Catalyst Quartet
Tower – In Memory
Glass – String Quartet No. 3 (Mishima)
D'Rivera – Wapango
Ives – String Quartet No. 1
Barber – String Quartet Op. 11
$35-$40
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