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The Chiara String Quartet is an internationally performing professional string quartet based in Lincoln, Nebraska. The group is the Quartet-in-residence at the School of Music in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and until April 2014 is also the Blodgett Artists-in-Residence at Harvard University. The group is also in residence as faculty at the Greenwood Music Camp, a summer program for advanced high school musicians. The group's members are Rebecca Fischer and Hyeyung Julie Yoon, violins; Jonah Sirota, viola; and Gregory Beaver, cello. The quartet has made a name for itself performing without the music. Their most recent album, ''Brahms by Heart'' the 3 string quartets of Johannes Brahms were recorded without music. The quartet is also performing the 6 string quartets of Bela Bartok by heart as well as more traditional repertoire.〔(Chiara Quartet Remembers Bartok )〕〔(Fans of Bartok’s string quartets, this is your season )〕〔(Quartets Are Giving Music Stands a Rest )〕 In addition to traditional concertizing, in December 2006 the group began performing in bars and other unusual performance venues for a classical string quartet under the tagline "Chamber music in any chamber." This has brought them into bars such as The Brick in Kansas City, Missouri, Rose in Brooklyn, New York ((New York Times review )), Avogadro's Number in Fort Collins, Colorado,〔''The Chiara Quartet Takes Their Music into More Intimate Settings'', Fort Collins Now ()〕 and Avantgarden in Houston, Texas.〔(Press listing for Chiara Quartet performances in Houston, April 2009 )〕 ==Competitions and awards== The quartet's professional career started in 2000 with a Chamber Music America Rural Residency grant, placing the group in Grand Forks, North Dakota, where they lived until 2002. The group won the Senior String Gold Medal in the 2002 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition,〔Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition alumni and previous winners ()〕〔American Music Teacher Magazine article about the 2002 Fischoff competition ()〕 and was a winner of the 2002 Astral Artistic Services National Auditions,〔(Astral Artistic Services graduates )〕 and was selected as the Lisa Arnholdt graduate string quartet at the Juilliard School from 2003-2005.〔(Juilliard Journal article about the Lisa Arnhold residency )〕 The quartet also won third prize in the 2005 Premio Paolo Borciani. In addition to the CMA Rural residency grant that began their career, the group has been the recipient of a Commissioning grant and 3 Residency partnership grants from Chamber Music America,〔(Past grant recipients at Chamber Music America )〕 and a Meet the Composer grant.〔(Chiara Quartet Meet the Composer grant page )〕 From the quartet's recording "Jefferson Friedman: Quartets," "String Quartet No. 3" was nominated for a Grammy.〔Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition〕 The Chiara Quartet's recording of the Brahms and Mozart Clarinet Quintets was a Hot Pick of October 2006 for NET Radio.〔(NET Radio October 2006 Hot Picks )〕 The Chiara Quartet's performance at Meany Hall in December 2007 was selected as one of the (highlights of the year ) by Seattle Post-Intelligencer's R.M. Campbell. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chiara String Quartet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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