The Quartet Accorda will present a concert on Friday, Dec. 9 at 7:30 p.m. at Park University's Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel in Parkville, Mo.
The Quartet Accorda, composed of Kanako Ito (violin), Chung-Hoon Peter Chun (viola), Martin Storey (cello) and Ben Sayevich (violin), established its residence at Park University beginning fall 2005.
In 2001, the group made its official debut to great critical acclaim, establishing itself as one of the premiere string quartets in the region. The unique feature of the Quartet Accorda is the blend of varied musical traditions and ethnic backgrounds that each member brings to the group. The performers represent many different nationalities, including Japanese, Russian-Israeli, Korean and British.
The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.park.edu/ata.
About Kanako Ito
Kanako Ito is the recipient of numerous prizes in international competitions, including the Geneva Competition, the Lexus Violin Competition in New Zealand, the Japanese-American Association Competition in New York, and the Schontal Violin Competition in Germany. She has traveled extensively throughout the world, performing as a soloist with orchestras such as the Leningrad State Orchestra, the Suisse Romande Orchestra, Wiener Streicher Solisten, Romania Radio Symphony, the Chautauqua Symphony, the New Zealand Symphony, the Winterthur Orchestra, and the Suk Chamber Orchestra. She has also performed with many of the major orchestras in Japan and has appeared on NHK FM Radio and on Nippon TV (NTV). In 1997 an hour-long documentary film about her was televised in Japan. She has been the concertmistress of the Kansas City Symphony Orchestra since 2000 and continues to give concerts in the United Kingdom, the U.S. and Japan.
About Martin Storey
British-born cellist, Martin Storey, cello, is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in London and continued his studies at the New England Conservatory in Boston as a Fulbright Scholar. He has served as the principal cellist with the London Symphony Orchestra, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. He performs regularly in Japan and England as a soloist. He is currently an assistant professor of Music, and a faculty member for the Youth Conservatory for Music and the International Center for Music at Park University.
About Chung-Hoon Peter Chun
In 1999 Chung-Hoon Peter Chun was appointed as the assistant professor of viola at University of Kansas, at the age of 28. He is a versatile musician who has given numerous recitals and chamber music performances across the United States, including Boston, St. Louis, and Kansas City, as well as performing internationally in Korea and Japan. His performances have been featured at such universities as Penn State University, where he presented an acclaimed performance at the ViolaFest, Southern Illinois University, University of Ulsan in Korea, and the Conservatory of Music at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. He has appeared as soloist with Lexington Sinfonietta, and the Lawrence Chamber Orchestra.
About Ben Sayevich
Lithuanian-Israeli violinist Ben Sayevich is currently associate professor of violin at the University of Kansas. He has concertized extensively thoughout North America, Europe and the Far East, and has appeared on radio and television as soloist and chamber musician. He is featured as the soloist in a recording of Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" with the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra. One of the most important works in his repertory is the "Violin Concerto" by Alban Berg, for which he was chosen to play at the New England Conservatory's celebration of the composer's centenary. Sayevich's interpretation carries the tradition that comes down directly from the composer, through his work on the piece with the late Louis Krasner, the commissioner, dedicatee and the violinist of the work's premiere.
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