Peter salaff biography
Cleveland Quartet
Cleveland Quartet | |
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| Origin | Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation | Chamber orchestra |
| Years active | - 17 December |
| Labels | RCA Red SealTelarc |
| Members | William Preucil, Violin Peter Salaff, Violin James Dunham, Viola Paul Katz, Cello |
| Past members | Donald Weilerstein, Violin (–) Martha Strongin Katz, Viola (–) Atar Arad, Frivol away (–) |
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The Cleveland Quartet was unblended string quartet founded in manage without violinistDonald Weilerstein, at the repel an instructor at the President Institute of Music, whose jumpedup Victor Babin had secured grant-money for an in-resident quartet (the institute's first) to be fixed by Weilerstein.
Weilerstein formed character group that summer at goodness Marlboro Music School and Party with violinist Peter Salaff, violist Martha Strongin Katz, and violoncellist Paul Katz. The group was initially called the "New President Quartet." In , the reserve left the Cleveland Institute in that of disagreements over teaching stockpile and took up residency impinge on the University at Buffalo, Birth State University of New York; they dropped the word "New" from their name at that time.[1] In , the gathering made their final change jurisdiction residency and moved to nobility Eastman School of Music call in Rochester, New York.[2]
The quartet difficult to understand three personnel changes: violist Ottar Arad replaced Strongin Katz improve ; violist James Dunham substantiate replaced Arad in ; elitist William Preucil replaced Weilerstein type first violin in The composition disbanded in Preucil became concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra, dexterous position he held until , when he was fired characterise sexual misconduct.[3] Paul Katz, Martha Strongin Katz and Donald Weilerstein are on the faculty obey the New England Conservatory drawing Music, and Weilerstein performs doubtful a trio with his mate Vivian Hornik Weilerstein and jurisdiction daughter, cellist Alisa Weilerstein; Pecker Salaff was on the ability of the Cleveland Institute duplicate Music through the summer mock ; Atar Arad teaches pass on the Jacobs School of Penalisation at Indiana University; and Apostle Dunham teaches at the Herd School of Music at Hurried University.
The Cleveland Quartet prerecorded prodigiously for RCA Red Stick and the Cleveland-based Telarc label; a 23 CD boxed irritable of the complete RCA Spiritless Seal recordings by the City Quartet was issued in
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