Sunday, October 19, 2025, 7 p.m.
Jakub Fiser & Stepan Jezek, violins; Jiri Pinkas, viola; Stepan Dolezal, cello
6:00 PM – Pre-concert talk by Stanford cellist and educator Christopher Costanza
7:00 PM – Concert
9:00 PM – Celebrate with a complimentary glass of wine and dessert!
About the Bennewitz Quartet
“An ensemble that one could spontaneously count as one of the best ever heard.” (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
Founded in 1998 and based in Prague, the Bennewitz Quartet is one of the top ensembles on the international chamber music scene. Ader winning two prestigious competitions – Osaka Chamber Music and Festa 2005, and Premio Paolo Borciani, Italy 2008, the quartet quickly gained the acclaim of the critics. The ensemble has received various awards and in 2019 won the “Classic Prague Award” for the Best Chamber Music Performance of the year. Last season, the Bennewitz Quartet returned to several European venues, including Wigmore Hall London, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, and Konzerthaus Berlin, performing the string quintets by Dvořák and Brahms with guest violist Veronika Hagen. The quartet performed in the United States, making its debut in Providence, Houston, and Tucson, and returned to the Music and Beyond Festival in Ottawa and The Harvard Musical Association. In the Czech Republic, the Bennewitz Quartet presented the final concerts of Dvořák’s string quartets as part of the Dvořák Prague Festival.
Single Tickets will go on sale August 13
Ticket Pricing: $62 (adult), $60 (senior, 62+) and $30 (age 30 and under).
Questions? Please call the Box Office at (650) 762-1130.
Location & Directions
Music at Kohl Mansion, 2750 Adeline Drive, Burlingame, CA.
All programs subject to change.
PROGRAM
Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in F Major, Op. 77, No. 2
Leoš Janáček
String Quartet No. 2, “Intimate Letters”
Antonín Dvořák
String Quartet in A-flat Major, Op. 105