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Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2017-05-26 18:35:56
Top US string quartet replaces two players
The Pacifica Quartet has been going through uncertain times since first violinist Simin Ganatra quit eleven months ago. Two others took academic posts. Violinist Sibbi Bernhardsson joined Oberlin Conservatory and violist Masumi Per Rosta signed on at the Eastman School in Rochester. That left the quartet clinging by its teeth. Today, it replaced Bernhardsson with Austin Hartman and Rostad with violist Guy Ben-Ziony (pictured). Ben-Ziony said: ‘I think almost every violist has a secret dream from early on to become a quartet player, and I’m no exception.’
Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2016-06-07 16:22:31
Top-flight quartet leader quits
June 1, 2016, Bloomington, IN -The Pacifica Quartet has announced the departure of founding member and first violinist, Simin Ganatra. Ms. Ganatra, who has been the first violinist of the ensemble since their founding in 1994, will be leaving at the end of the 2015-16 season to assume an expanded role at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music and pursue other musical opportunities. The Pacifica Quartet will announce Ms. Ganatra’s replacement at a later date. Violinist Sibbi Bernhardsson remarked, “For more than 20 years, we have had the great privilege and honor of collaborating with Simin. She has been an inspiration to us not only as an artist, but as a friend and colleague as well. Her unwavering commitment to the Pacifica Quartet and her boundless energy have helped to shape and mold who we are today. We are so very proud of Simin and wish her nothing but the best […]
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2016-04-18 04:52:03
Wolfgang and Benjie Come of Age
[…] the trio section climaxed in a launching of the first violin into ethereal space by the other players, starting with Brandon Ramos’s beautifully deep cello, like a voice from beyond the tomb, and ending with coloratura passagework sounding like golden evening light. The final molto allegro opened softly, airily, (much like the similar opening in the much later finale of the Jupiter symphony), the fughetto suddenly bursting out full strength with bold martellé phrasing. Sibbi Bernhardsson’s second violin supported with poignant subtlety. The second theme came as pure resolve but also as pure joy, with a well-earned expression of delight in the 1st violin, as individual voice and group harmony now harbored one another in vital new crosscurrents of complexity. The development began softly, building an air of mystery, leading to a dramatic convergence of all voices, followed by a pause and the abbreviated recapitulation, only to finish with one […]
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CNY Café Momus
2015-09-23 04:25:15
Sep. 19 Pacifica Quartet
The Pacifica Quartet (from left: Simin Ganatra, Sibbi Bernhardsson, Brandon Vamos and Masumi Per Rostad) opened the SFCM 2015-16 season Sep. 15 (file photo: Tristan Cook) Pacifica Quartet returns to Syracuse, proves once again it is second to none The Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music engaged the best of the best for its 2015-16 season opener By David Abrams The Pacifica Quartet returned to Central New York Saturday to open to the Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music’s 2015-16 season, and did so with the kind of program, playing and execution that has defined SFCM over the course of its 66-year history. I wasn’t around when Louis Krasner founded SFCM in 1949, but I’ve been attending its concerts the past 39 seasons. During that span I’ve heard a number of tours de force efforts from top-notch string quartets in their glorious primes — including Guarneri, Takács […]