***Noon, Wednesday, Oct. 14, Hodges Library auditorium — Lecture on the Classical Music Tradition in Latin America***

The acclaimed Cuarteto Latinoamericano will visit Knoxville in October. As part of an artist-in-residence program sponsored by the Tennessee Arts Commission, the string quartet will coach local music students and conduct master classes for students in UT’s School of Music, as well as offering programs on classical music in Latin America.

Cuarteto Latinoamericano is one of the world’s most renowned classical music ensembles acclaimed for its performances of the standard string quartet repertoire, and for more than thirty years, the leading proponent of Latin American music for string quartet. Founded in Mexico in 1982, the Cuarteto has toured extensively throughout Europe, North and South America, Israel, China, Japan and New Zealand. They have premiered more than a hundred works written for them and continue to introduce new and neglected composers to the genre. The Cuarteto has won a Latin Grammy Award, were recognized with the Mexican Music Critics Association Award, and received the Chamber Music America/ASCAP’s Most Adventurous Programming Award three separate times.

All Cuarteto Latinoamericano events are free and open to the public:

Monday, October 12

1:25pm-3:25pm
UT String Chamber Ensembles Master Class

4:00pm-5:00pm
Individual coaching with UT String Chamber Groups

7:00pm-8:00pm
Presentation at the Blackboard Theater, hosted by Hora Latina (Emporium Building, South Gay Street)

8:00pm
Reception at Casa HoLa (Emporium Building)

Tuesday, October 13

8:30am-9:30am
ASTA Breakfast (Meet-and-greet with student chapter of the American String Teachers Association)

12:40pm-2pm
UT Solo Master classes for individual studios
(Saul and Aron Bitran, violin studios)
(Javier Montiel, viola studio)
(Alvaro Bitran, cello studio)

5:00pm-7:00pm
Presentation at the Joy of Music School for the students and teachers
(non-profit music organization providing free music lessons to socio-economically disadvantaged children)

Wednesday, October 14

10:00am-11:00am
Austin-East Fine Arts Magnet High School: In-School Demonstration

12:00pm-1:00pm
Lecture: Classical Music History and Traditions in Latin America
(Lindsay Young Auditorium, John C. Hodges Library, UT campus)

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The UT School of Music and the UT Libraries are co-sponsors of the above events.

The Cuarteto Latinoamericano also will be guest artists at UT’s Ready for the World Music Series, which brings renowned artists to perform and talk about musical styles and literature from diverse regions around the world. The Cuarteto will present a free program combining performance and a short lecture at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, October 11, in the Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall in the Natalie L. Haslam Music Center. A reception and display on Latin American music will precede the program, beginning at 12:30 p.m.

For more information about the Cuarteto’s residency, please contact music librarian Nathalie Hristov (865-974-9893, mhristov@utk.edu).For information on individual events, contact the School of Music (865-974-3241, music@utk.edu).