Private concert by the Vinca Quartet

Bid on this unique experience for a private chamber music concert in your home performed by the Vinca Quartet.

LOT 151
Value: $2000

Committed to breaking down the boundaries between audience and performers, the Vinca Quartet is a young charismatic string quartet devoted to delivering engaging performances of the highest caliber. Through their energy, passion, diverse programming, and innovative presentation, they create a compelling connection with seasoned chamber music lovers and novices alike.

Hailed by the New York Times as "stunning", and "worth keeping an eye on", the Vinca String Quartet was formed in 2002 at the Yale School of Music and began its career working with the Tokyo String Quartet. In September 2004, the quartet was awarded the position of graduate-quartet-in-residence at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where they were assistants and protégés of the acclaimed Takács Quartet for three years.

The Vincas were the only American participants of the Carnegie Hall Professional Training Workshops: Beethoven Quartets, where they worked closely with the Emerson String Quartet in the spring of 2007. They were prizewinners of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition in 2005, and finalists at both the Plowman and Chesapeake Chamber Music Competitions in 2006. The quartet participated in the International Musician's Seminar at Prussia Cove in Cornwall, England in 2005. Recent summer appearances have included the Juilliard Quartet Seminar, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, the Banff Centre Chamber Music Festival in Canada, and the Colorado Quartet's Soundfest Institute.

The quartet has performed in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Sprague Memorial Hall in New Haven, Ct., the Yale Center for British Art, Aspen's Harris Hall, and Vail's Vilar Center for the Arts at Beaver Creek. They have twice played on the prestigious Tákacs Quartet Series in Boulder, CO, once playing the Mendelssohn Octet alongside the Tákacs, and once as invited guests performing their own program.

Dedicated to education as well as performance, the Vinca Quartet offers lectures, performances, and interactive workshops for audiences of all ages. They have coached young musicians through residencies with the Aspen Music Festival, the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival, and the Peaks to Plains Suzuki Institute, and frequently work with students in public schools and string programs throughout the country. The quartet has created its own urban educational residency with Music Haven, a non-profit organization that provides tuition-free, community-based music lessons to the minority and low-income youth of New Haven, Ct.

The Vincas currently reside in New Haven, Ct. where they can be found frequenting the lunchtime burrito carts.