Prizewinners at the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, Osaka International Chamber Music Competition, Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, and Banff International String Quartet Competition, the Terra String Quartet is a vibrant young international ensemble based in New York City. They are composed of graduates of The Juilliard School, The New England Conservatory, Harvard University, and the Curtis Institute of Music. They have performed at numerous festivals and venues across the world, with recent concerts at Guarneri Hall, Chamber Music Raleigh, Randolph College, Music for a Great Space, and the Emilia-Romagna Festival in Italy.

Treetops CMS artistic director Oskar Espina Ruiz, praised by El Nuevo Día for his “masterful virtuosity,” is a “phenomenal clarinetist – a subtle and discreet virtuoso whose dynamic control matched that of the string quartet” (CVNC).

PROGRAM

Seth GROSSHANDLER String Quartet (Connecticut Premier)

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN String Quartet in A Minor, Opus 132