Presented by Chamber Soloists of Detroit | |
Thursday, November 12 – 7:30 p.m.
Quintessential Brahms!
With special guest, Jonathan Vinocour
Chamber Soloists of Detroit audiences have come to expect nothing less than breathtakingly beautiful performances of string quartet masterworks by the Ehnes Quartet: violinists James Ehnes and Amy Schwartz Moretti, violist Che-Yen Chen and cellist Edward Arron. We are thrilled to introduce their esteemed colleague, violist Jonathan Vinocour, who will join them for this intimate performance of String Quintets (Double Viola) nos. 1 and 2 by Johannes Brahms.
Program:
String Quintet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 88 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
This concert is presented in collaboration with Chamber Soloists of Detroit and the City of Farmington Hills. To learn more about CSD, visit ChamberSoloistsDetroit.org
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Photo courtesy of: James Ehnes | |
James Ehnes has established himself as one of the most sought-after musicians on the international stage. Gifted with a rare combination of stunning virtuosity, serene lyricism and an unfaltering musicality, Ehnes is a favourite guest at the world’s most celebrated concert halls.
Recent and upcoming orchestral highlights include the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, NHK Symphony, LA Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Cleveland Orchestra.
Ehnes plays the “Marsick” Stradivarius of 1715.
jamesehnes.com
| Photo courtesy of: Amy Schwartz Moretti | |
Amy Schwartz Moretti is an American violinist whose career spans solo, chamber, and orchestral performance, as well as teaching and mentoring young musicians. She performs regularly throughout the United States and abroad.
She is a member of the Ehnes Quartet with violinist James Ehnes, violist Che-Yen Chen, and cellist Edward Arron. The quartet tours and records internationally, and her recordings on Chandos, Harmonia Mundi, Onyx Classics, and other labels include several Juno Award-winning collaborations with James Ehnes. Recent projects include the 2024 Navona Records release of a violin concerto written for her by composer Christopher Schmitz and the documentary Chaos Becomes Order, which follows the collaborative process with the London Symphony Orchestra.
Amy lives in Georgia with her husband and two teenage sons. She performs on her treasured Jean Baptiste Vuillaume violin made in Paris in 1874.
amyschwartzmoretti.com
| Photo courtesy of: Che-Yen Chen | |
Taiwanese-American violist Che-Yen (Brian) Chen has established himself as a distinguished performer, educator, and arts leader whose work spans solo, chamber, and orchestral stages as well as institutional leadership. Praised for his ability to uncover not just subtle emotion, but the humanity within the music, he is a member of the world-renowned Ehnes Quartet, Professor of Viola Performance and Director of String Chamber Music at UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music, and a former Chief Executive Officer of the Taipei Music Academy and Festival who continues to serve the organization as Senior Advisor. In 2026, Chen joined Camerata Pacifica, named the 2026 Ensemble of the Year by Chamber Music America, as the ensemble’s Principal Viola.
In partnership with UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music through the Susan G. Covel and Mitchell D. Covel, M.D., Endowed Chair, Chen and the Ehnes Quartet established the ensemble as Visiting Quartet in Residence for 2026–28. During this residency, the Ehnes Quartet is presenting a complete Beethoven String Quartet Cycle across six concerts, with additional performances planned to mark the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s death in 2027. Residency activities include working closely with students, collaborating with HASoM faculty, and engaging the broader UCLA community.
Chen performs on a 2022 viola crafted by master luthier Samuel Zygmuntowicz.
cheyenchen.com
| Photo courtesy of: Edward Arron | |
Cellist Edward Arron has garnered recognition worldwide for his elegant musicianship, impassioned performances, and creative programming. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr. Arron made his New York recital debut in 2000 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Since that time, he has appeared in recital, as a soloist with major orchestras, and as a chamber musician, throughout North America, Europe and Asia.
The 2026-27 season marks Mr. Arron’s 14th season as the co-artistic director with his wife, Jeewon Park, of the Performing Artists in Residence series at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Mr. Arron tours and records as a member of the renowned Ehnes String Quartet and he is a regular performer at the Boston and Seattle Chamber Music Societies, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Brooklyn Chamber Music Society, the Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, and Bargemusic. Mr. Arron serves on the faculty and performs annually at the Bowdoin International Music Festival, and he maintains long associations with the Caramoor International Music Festival, Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival, Seoul Spring Festival in Korea, Music in the Vineyards Festival, Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival, Manchester Music Festival, Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, and the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival in Finland.
edwardarron.com
| Photo courtesy of: Jonathan Vinocour | |
Jonathan Vinocour was appointed Principal Viola of the San Francisco Symphony in 2009 having previously served as Principal Viola of the Saint Louis Symphony and Guest Principal of the Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig. Mr. Vinocour has appeared as soloist with the San Francisco Symphony, the Saint Louis Symphony and the New World Symphony where he was recently a featured artist of their Viola Visions Festival alongside Tabea Zimmerman, Kim Kashkashian, Roberto Diaz, and Cynthia Phelps.
A sought-after chamber musician, he is a regular guest of festivals such as the Seattle Chamber Music Society, La Jolla SummerFest, Marlboro, Bridgehampton, Salt Bay Festivals and Chamberfest Cleveland. Chamber music partners have included Yefim Bronfman, Yo-Yo Ma, Jean-Yves Thibaudet and James Ehnes among others. He also performs frequently on the chamber music series of the San Francisco Symphony and as a recitalist and chamber musician on concert series around the country.
Vinocour plays on a 1784 Lorenzo Storioni viola on loan from the San Francisco Symphony.
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