Possessing an artist’s grace and a Caribbean soul, the Dalí Quartet is anchored in both Venezuela’s El Sistema and American classical conservatory traditions, to offer a captivating range of traditional string quartet and Latin-American repertoire, characterized by an eclectic mix of rhythm and sound. Its performances embrace the imagination, excellence and panache of the Quartet’s namesake, the Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dalí.
El Sistema is the revolutionary music program created in Venezuela, in which a quarter million young people participate, and whose orchestra is ranked among the best in the world. Sir Simon Rattle has called El Sistema the most important development in the world for classical music.
Today, at Mooredale Concerts as part of its Canadian debut, the Dalí will perform Mendelssohn’s String Quartet Op. 44 No. 1, and Quartet No. 1 by Brazil’s Heitor Villa-Lobos, along with shorter works by Spain’s Joaquín Turina and composers from Argentina, Cuba and Panama, and a rhythmic 2000 work by Venezuelan composer Efrain Amaya.
Tickets, $30, may be ordered online at mooredaleconcerts.com, or via 416-922-3714 ext. 103. A special $20 ticket is available to concert-goers under 30.
