Ulysses Quartet

Personnel:

Christina Bouey, Violin
Rhiannon Banerdt, Violin
Colin Brookes, Viola
Grace Ho, Cello

The Ulysses Quartet has been praised for their “textural versatility,” “grave beauty” and “the kind of chemistry many quartets long for, but rarely achieve” (The Strad), as well as their “avid enthusiasm … [with] chops to back up their passion” (San Diego Story), “delivered with a blend of exuberance and polished artistry” (The Buffalo News).

Founded in the summer of 2015, the group won the grand prize and gold medal in the senior string division of the 2016 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and first prize in the 2018 Schoenfeld International String Competition. Ulysses garnered a career development grant in the 2016 Banff International String Quartet Competition. In 2017, the quartet finished first in the American Prize and won second prize at the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition. They were winners of the Vietnam International Music Competition in 2019. From 2016 to 2019, Ulysses was in residence at the Louis Moreau Institute in New Orleans, working with composer Morris Rosenzweig.

At Juilliard, they are the Lisa Arnhold Fellows, serving as the School’s Graduate Resident String Quartet, an appointment that has been extended through May 2022.

Consisting of Christina Bouey and Rhiannon Banerdt on violin, Colin Brookes on viola and Grace Ho on cello, the quartet’s members hail from Canada, the United States and Taiwan. They have performed in such prestigious halls as the Harbin Grand Theatre, Jordan Hall and the Taiwan National Recital Hall. Recent performance highlights have included their debut at Alice Tully Hall and appearances at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Naumburg Orchestral Concerts. Other notable engagements have included the Buffalo Chamber Music Society; Cecilia Concerts (Halifax); South Orange Performing Arts Center (New Jersey); Sprague Hall at Yale University; Mostly Music (New Jersey); Rhode Island Chamber Music Concerts; Chamber Music Society of Bethlehem (Pennsylvania); Premiere Performances Hong Kong; National Arts Centre (Ottawa); Bargemusic; Eastman School of Music; and Vietnam Connection Music Festival.

Program:

GERMAINE TAILLEFERRE: String Quartet (11’)
I. Modéré
II. Interméde
III. Final. Vif

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 1 in C Major, Op. 49 (15’)
I. Moderato
II. Moderato
III. Allegro molto
IV. Allegro

TRADITIONAL (arr. Danish String Quartet): Folk Songs (10’)
I. Polska From Dorotea
II. Shore
III. Shine You No More
-Intermission

FRANZ SCHUBERT: Quartet No. 14 in D minor ‘Death and the Maiden’ (40’)
I. Allegro
II. Andante con moto
III. Scherzo: Allegro molto
IV. Presto

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