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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Cleveland Quartet
| name = Cleveland Quartet
| image = ClevelandQuartetLogo.png
| image = ClevelandQuartetLogo.png
| caption = Official Cleveland Quartet logo
| caption = Official Cleveland Quartet logo
| background = classical_ensemble
| origin = [[Cleveland, Ohio]], USA
| origin = [[Cleveland, Ohio]], [[United States|USA]]
| genre = [[Classical music|Classical]]
| genre = [[Classical music|Classical]]
| occupation = [[Chamber orchestra]]
| years_active = 1969 - 17 December 1995
| occupation = [[Chamber orchestra]]
| years_active = 1969 - 17 December 1995
| label = [[RCA|RCA Red Seal]] [[Telarc]]
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| website = [http://www.clevelandquartet.com www.ClevelandQuartet.com]
| labels = [[RCA|RCA Red Seal]] [[Telarc]]
| current_members = [[William Preucil]], Violin<br>[[Peter Salaff]], Violin<br>James Dunham, Viola<br>[[Paul Katz]], Cello
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| website = [http://www.clevelandquartet.com www.ClevelandQuartet.com]
| current_members = [[William Preucil]], Violin<br>[[Peter Salaff]], Violin<br>James Dunham, Viola<br>[[Paul Katz]], Cello
| past_members = [[Donald Weilerstein]], Violin (1969–1988)<br> [[Martha Strongin Katz]], Viola (1969–1980)<br>[[Atar Arad]], Viola (1980–1987)
| past_members = [[Donald Weilerstein]], Violin (1969–1988)<br> [[Martha Strongin Katz]], Viola (1969–1980)<br>[[Atar Arad]], Viola (1980–1987)
}}
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The '''Cleveland Quartet''' was a [[string quartet]] founded in 1969 by [[violin]]ist [[Donald Weilerstein]], at the time an instructor at the [[Cleveland Institute of Music]], whose director [[Victor Babin]] had secured funding for an in-resident quartet (the institute's first) to be headed by Weilerstein. Weilerstein formed the group that summer at the [[Marlboro Music School and Festival]] with violinist [[Peter Salaff]], violist [[Martha Strongin Katz]], and cellist [[Paul Katz]]. The group was initially called the "New Cleveland Quartet." In 1971, the group left the Cleveland Institute because of disagreements over teaching loads and took up residency at the [[University at Buffalo, The State University of New York]]; they dropped the word "New" from their name at this time.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Potter|first1=Tully|title=Cleveland Quartet|url=http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/05959|website=Grove Music Online|publisher=Oxford University Press|accessdate=25 June 2014}}</ref> In 1976, the quartet made their final change of residency and moved to the [[Eastman School of Music]] in Rochester, New York.<ref>[http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=CQ CLEVELAND QUARTET - The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History]</ref>
The '''Cleveland Quartet''' was one of the world's leading [[string quartet]]s for over two decades. It was founded in 1969 by [[violin]]ists [[Donald Weilerstein]] and [[Peter Salaff]], cellist [[Paul Katz]] and violist [[Martha Strongin Katz]], at the [[Cleveland Institute of Music]]. The quartet subsequently disbanded in 1995 after twenty-six years of performance. As of 2007 Paul Katz, Martha Strongin Katz and Donald Weilerstein are on the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music; Peter Salaff is on the faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Music.<br />
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For more than a quarter of a century, the '''Cleveland Quartet''' was hailed as one of the premier string quartets of our time. Since their inception in 1969, they played more than 2,500 concerts (including appearances in music capitals throughout the world), created award-winning recordings of more than 60 chamber works, presented premiers and repeat performances of new music by contemporary composers, and spent countless hours as dedicated conservatory teacher-performers (initially at the Cleveland Institute of Music, then at the State University of New York at Buffalo, and finally at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester). <br />
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During 26 years of intensive music-making as one of the most admired ensembles on the international scene, the Cleveland Quartet performed nearly 30 complete Beethoven quartet cycles in cities such as New York, Washington D.C., San Francisco, Paris, Rome, London, Florence, and Tokyo. They had undertaken a regular series of recital tours throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Japan, and had also performed in the former Soviet Union, South America, Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East, and Eastern Asia. Other highlights included repeated appearances at such prestigious music festivals as Salzburg, Edinburgh, Lucerne, Berlin, and Helsinki, as well as annual appearances at New York's Mostly Mozart Festival and 20 years of summer residencies at the Aspen Festival in Colorado. In addition, they made numerous radio and television appearances, and performed in a Presidential Inaugural Concert.<br />
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As 20th-century musicians, the Cleveland Quartet was always deeply committed to the performance of contemporary music. Since its founding in 1969, it regularly commissioned and premiered works by American composers, including Samuel Adler, John Harbison, Libby Larsen, Stephen Paulus, Christopher Rouse, and Dan Welcher. In its last year the Cleveland Quartet gave the world premier of Osvaldo Golijov's Dreams and Prayers of Isaak the Blind.<br />
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In the course of its final months as an ensemble, the Cleveland Quartet performed the world premiers of two works written by prominent American composers specifically for the group: Stephen Paulus's concerto for string quartet and orchestra, Three Places of Enlightnement, with The Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall, and a "Farewell Quartet" by John Corigliano, a work given its premier by the Cleveland Quartet in the Fall of 1995, whose subsequent recording with Telarc won the 1996 Grammy for "Best Chamber Music Performance."<br />
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The quartet had three personnel changes: violist [[Atar Arad]] replaced Strongin Katz in 1980; violist James Dunham then replaced Arad in 1987; and [[William Preucil]] replaced Weilerstein as first violin in 1989. The quartet disbanded in 1995. Preucil became concertmaster of the [[Cleveland Orchestra]], a position he held until 2018, when he was fired for sexual misconduct.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cooper|first1=Michael|title=Cleveland Orchestra Fires Two Musicians for Sexual Misconduct|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/24/arts/music/cleveland-orchestra-sexual-harassment-misconduct.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=24 October 2018|accessdate=12 December 2018}}</ref> Paul Katz, Martha Strongin Katz and Donald Weilerstein are on the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music, and Weilerstein performs in a trio with his wife Vivian Hornik Weilerstein and his daughter, cellist [[Alisa Weilerstein]]; Peter Salaff was on the faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Music through the summer of 2018; Atar Arad teaches at the [[Jacobs School of Music]] at [[Indiana University]]; and James Dunham teaches at the [[Shepherd School of Music]] at [[Rice University]]. The Cleveland Quartet recorded prodigiously for [[RCA Red Seal]] and the Cleveland-based [[Telarc]] label; a 23 CD boxed set of the complete RCA Red Seal recordings by the Cleveland Quartet was issued in 2023.


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.clevelandquartet.com/ Official site]
*[http://www.clevelandquartet.com/ Official site] ([[Adobe Flash]])
*[http://archives.nypl.org/mus/23782 The Cleveland String Quartet records, 1965-2001] Music Division, The New York Public Library.

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Cleveland Quartet
Official Cleveland Quartet logo
Official Cleveland Quartet logo
Background information
OriginCleveland, Ohio, USA
GenresClassical
Occupation(s)Chamber orchestra
Years active1969 - 17 December 1995
LabelsRCA Red Seal Telarc
MembersWilliam Preucil, Violin
Peter Salaff, Violin
James Dunham, Viola
Paul Katz, Cello
Past membersDonald Weilerstein, Violin (1969–1988)
Martha Strongin Katz, Viola (1969–1980)
Atar Arad, Viola (1980–1987)
Websitewww.ClevelandQuartet.com

The Cleveland Quartet was a string quartet founded in 1969 by violinist Donald Weilerstein, at the time an instructor at the Cleveland Institute of Music, whose director Victor Babin had secured funding for an in-resident quartet (the institute's first) to be headed by Weilerstein. Weilerstein formed the group that summer at the Marlboro Music School and Festival with violinist Peter Salaff, violist Martha Strongin Katz, and cellist Paul Katz. The group was initially called the "New Cleveland Quartet." In 1971, the group left the Cleveland Institute because of disagreements over teaching loads and took up residency at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; they dropped the word "New" from their name at this time.[1] In 1976, the quartet made their final change of residency and moved to the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York.[2]

The quartet had three personnel changes: violist Atar Arad replaced Strongin Katz in 1980; violist James Dunham then replaced Arad in 1987; and William Preucil replaced Weilerstein as first violin in 1989. The quartet disbanded in 1995. Preucil became concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra, a position he held until 2018, when he was fired for sexual misconduct.[3] Paul Katz, Martha Strongin Katz and Donald Weilerstein are on the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music, and Weilerstein performs in a trio with his wife Vivian Hornik Weilerstein and his daughter, cellist Alisa Weilerstein; Peter Salaff was on the faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Music through the summer of 2018; Atar Arad teaches at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University; and James Dunham teaches at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. The Cleveland Quartet recorded prodigiously for RCA Red Seal and the Cleveland-based Telarc label; a 23 CD boxed set of the complete RCA Red Seal recordings by the Cleveland Quartet was issued in 2023.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Potter, Tully. "Cleveland Quartet". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  2. ^ CLEVELAND QUARTET - The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
  3. ^ Cooper, Michael (24 October 2018). "Cleveland Orchestra Fires Two Musicians for Sexual Misconduct". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 December 2018.

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