Tesla Quartet Concert

The internationally acclaimed Tesla Quartet, which features cellist and 2010 Park University International Center for Music graduate Serafim Smigelskiy, will perform in concert on Saturday, Feb. 10, starting at 7:30 p.m. at the 1900 Building, 1900 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Mission Woods, Kan. The performance is a part of the Park ICM Distinguished Alumni Series and Park ICM 1900 Series.

Formed at The Juilliard School in 2008, the Tesla Quartet also includes violinists Michelle Lie and Ross Snyder, and violist Edwin Kaplan. The concert is scheduled to include the following repertoire:

• “String Quartet in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2,” composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
• “String Quartet No. 3,” composed by Béla Bartók
• “String Quartet in D Major, No. 3, P. 53,” composed by Ottorino Respighi

Praised by The International Review of Music for their “superb capacity to find the inner heart of everything they play, regardless of era, style or technical demand” the Tesla Quartet brings refinement and prowess to both new and established repertoire. Dubbed “technically superb” by The Strad, the Tesla Quartet took the second prize at the Banff (Alberta, Canada) International String Quartet Competition in 2016. The quartet has also garnered top prizes at numerous other international competitions, including the gold medal at the 2012 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition (South Bend, Ind.), third prize at the 2015 International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition in Vienna, Austria, and third prize at the 2012 London International String Quartet Competition.

Tickets for the concert are $30 ($15 for students) and can be purchased in advance at http://1900bldg.com/concerts/2018/2/10/tesla-quartet-1 or in person the night of the concert.