Montana Chamber Music is bringing the Viano Quartet to the state for the first time this week, with three concerts in three towns over three days.
Thursday’s date, billed as “An Intimate Evening,” is at 6:30 p.m. at the Flower Barn at Rathvinden Farm, 10380 Springhill Road in Belgrade, a shorter program of about an hour with conversation between the players and the room. Friday is the main-stage concert, at 7:30 p.m. in Reynolds Recital Hall on the Montana State University campus in Bozeman. Saturday’s rural concert is at 1 p.m. at the Rialto Theatre, 418 Main Street in Deer Lodge, and is free. The schedule is on the presenter’s page and was previewed by The BoZone.
The players are Lucy Wang and Hao Zhou, violins; Aiden Kane, viola; and Tate Zawadiuk, cello. The group’s name, they have explained, is a mash-up of the four instruments, each starting with the letter v, meant to suggest one instrument working like a piano. The Boston Globe has praised their “virtuosity, visceral expression, and rare unity of intention,” a line both the presenter and The BoZone quoted in the run-up to the tour.
Admission to the ticketed Montana Chamber Music performances is $35 for adults, $25 for seniors and $10 for students, The BoZone reported, with tickets at the presenter’s site and at the door if seats remain. Net proceeds support the organization’s year-round concerts around the state.
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