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Afiara String Quartet

Afiara String Quartet (Canada)

Valerie Li, violin
Yuri Cho, violin
David Samuel, viola
Adrian Fung, cello

An ensemble of Canadian musicians who are currently quartet in residence at the Morrison Centre of Chamber Music at San Francisco State University as assistants to the Alexander Quartet, the Afiara Quartet are also summer faculty at Chamber Music of the Rockies in Beaver Creek, Colorado. Their most recent performances have included participation in Kronos: Signature Works in New York, Chamber Music America’s 29th National Conference, and the Lake Tahoe Music Festival.

Performance schedule

Recital Round — Wednesday, August 29, 10:30 a.m.

Haydn   Quartet in G Major, Op. 77, No. 1

Bartók   Quartet No. 2, Op. 17

Romantic Round — Thursday, August 30, 7:30 p.m.

Mendelssohn   Quartet in D Major, Op. 44, No. 1

Canadian Commission Round — Friday, August 31, 10:30 a.m.

Kelly-Marrie Murphy   Dark Energy

Beethoven or Schubert Round — Saturday, September 1, 10:30 a.m.

Beethoven   Quartet in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2 “Razumovsky”

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