Fine & Performing Arts

Chamber music lovers can experience one of classical music’s best-kept secrets this week when North Central College presents the Hugo Wolf Quartett.

The performance is at 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30, in the acoustically perfect Wentz Concert Hall. Tickets are $25 and $15; call the North Central College Box Office at 630-637-SHOW (7469) or visit http://finearts.northcentralcollege.edu/x48313.xml.

Hugo Wolf Quartett

Founded at the Vienna University of Music, the Hugo Wolf Quartett has developed from a chamber music lover’s insider tip to one of the most sought-after string quartets of its generation. The four young musicians won the Fifth International String Quartet Competition in Cremona and took first prize at the 45th International G.B. Viotti Chamber Music Competition, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Special Prize and the European Cultural Award for Chamber Music.

Critics praise the quartet; The Los Angeles Times says its music is “Urgent and impassioned, but with an absolute commitment to the ideal values of every note,” and the New York Times says, “One hears in these players, embryonically and in miniature, the qualities that make the Vienna Philharmonic special.”

The name was granted to the quartet by the International Hugo Wolf Society of Vienna. The late Romantic composer Hugo Wolf was situated between the great Viennese music tradition and its departure into the mo­dern period, and his name represents a repertoire stretching from the Classical period to music beyond the Second Viennese School. To learn more, visit www.hugowolfquartett.com.

Members of the quartet will lead a music workshop for North Central students at 4 p.m. Oct. 30 in the Wentz Concert Hall. The workshop is open to the public; admission is $5 at the door.

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