Friday, October 7, 2011 ~ 7:30pm BOREALIS STRING QUARTET †     Hailed as one of the leading, young, Canadian String Quartets. †     The quartet has received critical acclaim for its dynamic performances across North America and abroad. †     They are the Quartet-in-Residence at the University of British Columbia. We welcome them to ECMS!   ~>}{<~   Friday, October 28, 2011 ~ 7:30pm DAEDALUS QUARTET †     Winner Grand Prize and swept all the special prizes at the 2001 Banff International String Quartet Competition. †     Selected by Carnegie Hall to participate in the ECHO (European Concert Hall Organization) Rising Stars Program 2004-2005, appearing in the major European Concert Halls. †     Named by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center to be the CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY TWO QUARTET for 2005-2007 seasons. †     They are the Quartet-in-Residence at Columbia University and Visiting Artists at the University of Pennsylvania. We welcome them back to Eureka! ~>}{<~   Friday, November 18, 2011 ~ 7:30pm ARIANNA STRING QUARTET and  GUEST CELLIST THOMAS LANDSCHOOT †     Grand Prize winners, Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. †     First Prize both Coleman and Carmel Chamber Music  Competitions. †     Laureates in the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition. †     The Internationally acclaimed Quartet are Artists-Teachers and String Quartet in residence at the University of Missouri, St. Louis. ~>}{<~   Friday, January 27, 2012 ~ 7:30pm SAN FRANCISCO OPERA CENTER SINGERS   †     Don't miss the most exciting, young voices of today! Come and enjoy "SF Opera" right here in Eureka! We welcome them again! ~>}{<~

Friday, February 17, 2012 ~ 7:30pm ANTON NEL - PIANIST †     Winner First Prize: Naumberg Competition and Joanna Hodges International Piano Competition. †     Prizes in the Pretoria and Leeds International Piano Competitions. †     Appearances with many of the world’s great orchestras and hailed by critics as a pianist of exceptional sensitivity and stylistic discrimination. †     Anton Nel is a longtime favorite of ECMS!  ~>}{<~ Friday, March 16, 2012 ~ 7:30pm PARKER STRING QUARTET †     Winner, 2005 Concert Artists Guild International String Quartet Competition. †     Winner, 2005 Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition. †     Concerts in US and abroad. †     The New York Times calls the Parker String Quartet "something extraordinary." We welcome them again!   ~>}{<~   Friday, April 20, 2012 ~ 7:30pm LINDEN STRING QUARTET †     Currently the Steifel Quartet in Residence at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts for the 2011 - 2012 season. †     Gold medalist and grand prize-winner of the 2009 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. †     Winner of the 2010 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition. †     Winner of first prize at the Sixth Hugo Kauder International Competition. †     Winner of the Coleman-Barstow prize at the 2009 Coleman National Chamber Ensemble Competition. We welcome them to Eureka! ~>}{<~   Friday, May 4, 2012 ~ 7:30pm DARIA RABOTKINA - PIANIST †     Winner of the 2007 Concert Artists Guild International Competition, has been lauded as “…a pianist full of fire and warmth.” †     Competition prizes at the Virtuosi per Musica di Pianoforte in the Czech Republic, Tbilisi Competition in Georgia, Jacob Flier Piano Competition in New Paltz, Sendai Competition in Japan, World Piano Competition in Cincinnati, Jacksonville Competition in Florida and the Montreal International Musical Competition. †     Currently earning a doctorate degree from the Eastman School of Music, where she is a “Liberace Scholar,” under the tutelage of Natalya Antonova. We welcome Daria to Eureka!   ~>}{<~       We deeply appreciate these outstanding artists being with us for our Nineteenth season! A "Meet the Artists" Reception will follow each concert