1099 String Quartet – Beethoven’s Final 3 Quartets

2023 – Beethoven’s Legacy: The Final Three String Quartets

The 1099 String Quartet Performances are funded and produced by Wicker Park Advisory Council and is a Chicago Park District Night Out in the Parks Event

These three works are Beethoven’s last major completed compositions. Although dismissed by musicians and audiences of Beethoven’s day, they are now widely considered to be among the greatest musical compositions of all time, and have inspired many later composers.2023 Performance Dates of the 1099 String Quartet

LOCATION: OUTSIDE – West Side of the Wicker Park Field House – 1425 N. Damen, Chicago, IL 60622

INSIDE Field House if Raining.

 

2023 Performance Dates & Beethoven Quartets Performed

Performer BIOS Below!

 

June 25, 2023

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

String Quartet No. 14 in C♯ minor, Op. 131 (1826)

Emily Nash, violin

Matthew Cataldi, violin

Bruno Silva, viola

Dorothy Deen, cello

 

August 6, 2023

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 (1825)

Eric Pidluski, violin

Matthew Cataldi, violin

Ryan Loeckel, viola

Dorothy Deen, cello

 

August 27, 2023

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135 (1826)

Emily Nash, violin

Matthew Cataldi, violin

Bruno Silva, viola

Dorothy Deen, cello

 

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ABOUT THE CREATE MUSIC SERIES

The Wicker Park Advisory Council & Garden Club have presented The Sunday Music Series in Wicker Park since 2006.  Popular and loved by all ages of concert goers, The 1099 String Quartet will return to Wicker Park again the Summer of 2023. A few members of the 1099 String Quartet performed in the inaugural 2006 string quartet performance.   At that time, Sarah March (2002-2015) was the Artistic Director of the ensemble; it was called Symphony Sounds String Quartet at that time. Ryan Loeckel (2015-Present) has been the Artistic Director for several years.  Ryan brings together professional musicians from all over Chicagoland. Through his leadership, the group has always presented inspiring and well-rehearsed performances.  Most of the performances since 2006 were funded in part by WPBSSA#33. The concerts were presented in partnership with the Chicago Park District.

 

PERFORMER BIOS

Ryan Loeckel (Artistic Director & Viola) is an active musician, vocalist, and collaborative arts producer based in Central Florida and Chicago. He has played in Principal positions under conductors and composers such as John Corigliano, Louis Lane, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Krzysztof Penderecki in addition to sharing the stage with various artists including Josh Groban, Idina Menzel, Anne Murray, Ben E. King, Barry Manilow, and Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Ryan’s playing, singing, and musical arrangements have been heard on syndicated National Public Radio broadcasts, aboard five-star Holland America Line ships, and during hundreds of performances at professional Equity theaters throughout the country.

 

Emily Nash (Violin) graduated with her MM in violin performance while studying with Almita and Roland Vamos at Northwestern University, graduating early and with high honors. She received her BM in violin performance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign while studying with Simin Ganatra.  Nash has participated in master classes with the Silk Road Ensemble, the Turtle Island String Quartet, Wendy Sharp, Roland and Almita Vamos, John McGrosso, Kurt Baldwin, Rebecca Henry, and the Parker Quartet. This will be Nash’s sixth season in both the Quad City Symphony Orchestra and the Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra where she is Associate Concertmaster and Assistant Principal Second respectively. Emily also subs with the Milwaukee Symphony, Hawaii Symphony, Chicago Philharmonic, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Illinois Philharmonic, Lake Forest Symphony, and the Midwest Mozart Festival.

 

Eric Pidluski (Violin) is a native of Fairfield, CT, where he began playing the violin at age nine.  He is currently a member of the first violin sections of Elgin and Rockford Symphonies. He regularly plays with Chicago Opera Theater and Chamber Music on the Fox, and in recent seasons, he has performed with the Lyric Opera Orchestra, Chamber Opera Chicago, Illinois Philharmonic, Lake Forest Symphony, Northwest Indiana Symphony, and Ensemble Dal Niente. He can be heard on the Grammy Award-winning album, Coloring Book, by Chance the Rapper. He attended the DePaul University School of Music, where he received a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree, and a certificate in violin performance.

 

Matthew Cataldi (Violin) has performed throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe in a full range of solo, chamber and orchestral works. He has appeared as a soloist with Chicago’s period-instrument orchestra, Baroque Band, as well as the Bensenville, Springfield, and Upper Arlington Symphony Orchestras. Matt received a master’s of music degree in violin performance from Northwestern University and a bachelor’s degree in music from Indiana University in Bloomington.

 

Bruno Silva (Viola) began studying viola in 2004 in his native Brazil at the Escola de Musica de Brasilia.  After one year, he placed in a solo competition and had the opportunity to perform with the Orquestra Sinfonica da Escola de Musica de Brasilia, performing the G Major Viola Concerto by Telemann.  He graduated from the conservatory in two and a half years, a program which normally takes eight years, and then enrolled in the University of Brasilia. He has worked with the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Chicago Sinfonietta, Quad City Symphony Orchestra, Northwest Indiana Symphony, Elgin Symphony Orchestra, among others. Bruno Completed his undergraduate in music performance at North Park University where he studied with Charles Pikler, Chicago Symphony principal viola and his MM at DePaul University, studying with Rami Solomonow.

 

Dorothy Deen (Cello) is a native Chicagoan and professional cellist, educator, arts advocate and live music contractor for over 25 years. She received her master’s degree in cello performance and pedagogy from Northern Illinois University and trained for four years under the Chicago Symphony Orchestra training program; the Civic Orchestra performance and Merit Music School education program.