The Dalí Quartet Performs FREE Faculty Recital on Friday, November 1
WCU's Wells School of Music Quartet in Residence, the Dalí Quartet, performs a FREE concert on Friday, November 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre, Swope Music Building and Performing Arts Center, 817 S. High Street, West Chester.
The program includes Franz Schubert’s "Quartettsatz" in C minor, D and String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major. Beethoven’s String Quartet in C Major will close the program.
The four members of the Dalí Quartet – Adriana Linares (viola), Jesus Morales (cello), Carlos Rubio (second violin) and Salerni (first violin) – all actively teach students in West Chester's Wells School of Music, as well as work with orchestra sectionals, perform in concerts with faculty and work with composition students.
The Dalí Quartet brings its signature mix of Latin American, Classical and Romantic repertoire to stages and audiences of all kinds. The quartet’s passionate energy is poured into everything they do, generating critical and audience acclaim for their "Classical Roots with Latin Soul." Its tours include appearances for distinguished chamber music and cultural center series in the U.S., Canada and South America, including New York, Philadelphia and Toronto.
Members of the Dalí Quartet are from Venezuela, Puerto Rico and the US, and have studied at esteemed institutions such as the Cleveland Institute of Music, Yale University, Indiana University Bloomington and the Simón Bolivar Conservatory in Caracas, Venezuela.
In addition to works of the masters from Haydn to Brahms and Amaya to Piazzolla, the group's adventurous and entertaining programming includes new works for quartet with percussionist Orlando Cotto, and quintets both Latin and Classical with the renowned clarinetist Ricardo Morales, principal clarinetist of The Philadelphia Orchestra, and with acclaimed pianist Vanessa Perez.
The quartet’s International Music Festival is an admired chamber music and orchestral program. Founded in 2004, it develops the performance skills of young musicians through the semi-professional level.