Haydn, Brahms & Gubaidulina
Baldwin Auditorium, Duke University 1336 Campus Drive, Durham, NC, United StatesJohannes Brahms’ Quintet for clarinet and strings, a timeless masterwork, will bring back the Rane Moore, who shone in last year’s Dreams and Prayers concert. The concert begins with a trio by Haydn, architect of high classicism, that features flutist Laura Gilbert. Sofia Gubaidulina’s blazing originality is already evident in her piano quintet, which also reveals her origins as a soviet composer bursting with talent and energy.
Cultural Crossroads: Dvořák in America
Dvorak Concert Hall 1860 7th Street, Charleston, IL, United StatesCultural Crossroads: Dvořák in America is a live concert experience that explores the Black and Indigenous influences on Dvořák during his time in America. The program weaves original Native American melodies and moving African American Spirituals along with Dvořák’s most beloved chamber music. Short videos and imagery add to this powerful multimedia experience.
Music At St. Albans
St. Alban's Episcopal Church 301 Caldwell Lane, Davidson, NC, United StatesCiompi returns to Davidson and the M@SA series for a lively program of classic and contemporary works featuring string quartets by Beethoven, Schubert, Dvorak and Maximilliano Amici.
Croasdaile Village
Croasdaile Village 2600 Croasdaile Farm Pkwy, Durham, NC, United StatesThe Ciompi Quartet performs at the Croasdaile Village Community in Durham.
Lunchtime Classics – Fall 2025
Goodson Chapel, Duke Universtity 407 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, United StatesThe Ciompi continues its two concert series of one-hour programs featuring major works for string quartet in informal settings. They perform for their home audience at the beautiful Goodson Chapel.
Downtown Classics – Fall 2025
NorthStar Church of the Arts 220 West Geer St, Durham, NC, United StatesCiompi continues its two concert series of one-hour programs featuring major works for string quartet in informal settings. Student ensembles from the Duke Chamber Music Program are also featured on these programs.
Cultural Crossroads: Dvořák in America
Baldwin Auditorium, Duke University 1336 Campus Drive, Durham, NC, United StatesCiompi brings this remarkable program to Duke! This is a live concert experience that explores the Black and Indigenous influences on Dvořák during his time in America. The program weaves original Native American melodies and moving African American Spirituals along with Dvořák’s most beloved chamber music.
Carol Woods Community, Chapel Hill, NC
Carol Woods Community 750 Weaver Dairy Road, Chapel Hill, NCThe Ciompi Quartet performs at the Carol Woods Community in Chapel Hill.
Memories and Aspirations
Baldwin Auditorium, Duke University 1336 Campus Drive, Durham, NC, United StatesIn honor of the recent passing of renowned American composer Paul Schoenfield, Ciompi revisits a powerful and poignant work they commissioned in 2003. Memoirs, the second of Schoenfield’s two string quartets, is a deeply personal composition written in memory of the composer’s father.