The Dover Quartet
Joel Link, violin
Bryan Lee, violin
Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola
Camden Shaw, cello

Haochen Zhang, piano

FRANZ SCHUBERT
Quartettsatz, Quartet Movement in C minor, D 703

MARC NEIKRUG
Piano Quintet #2, World Premiere
Kennedy Center Commission (Music Accord)

FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Quartet in D major, Op. 44, No. 1

Our quartet-in-residence the Dover Quartet joins forces with pianist Haochen Zhang to launch the 2021-2022 Fortas season. “The young American string quartet of the moment” (New Yorker), the Dover has made waves in the chamber music field and returns to show off their distinct style. Rising pianist Haochen Zhang, a gold medal winner at the 13th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2009, is “a musician of extraordinary technical mastery and perception” (New York Arts).

NOTE FROM ARTISTIC DIRECTOR JOSEPH KALICHSTEIN
I was greatly impressed when I first heard, years ago, Haochen Zhang, when I was on the Cliburn Competition Jury that awarded him a Gold Medal. He has since proven the Jury right! He is joining our beloved Dovers in a newly created Piano Quintet by Marc Neikrug, a brilliant and creative composer. A Movement by Schubert and Mendelssohn’s D major Quartet constitute the rest of this inspired program.