Chagrin Arts Announces the Return of Callisto Quartet Chagrin Falls, OH- On Friday July 15, 2022 at 7 pm, Callisto Quartet returns to Chagrin Arts for the fourth year for an evening of incomparable chamber music. Presented in partnership with The City of Solon, the concert will take place at Solon Center for the Arts, located at 6315 SOM Center Road, Solon OH 44139. Members of the Quartet are Cameron Daly, violin; Gregory Lewis, violin; Eva Kennedy, viola and Hannah Moses, cello. The Quartet will be playing the Haydn Quartet op.76 no 4, Debussy String Quartet in G Minor and Mendelssohn Quartet op, 13. Tickets are $20 for Adults and $10 for Seniors and Students and are available at www.chagrinarts.org or by calling 440-247-9700. The concert is presented with the generous support of Ohio Arts Council and Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. Since Its formation in 2016, the Quartet has garnered top prizes in every major international chamber music competition and has been hailed by audiences across North America and Europe. Grand prize winners of the 2018 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and Second Prize Winners of the 2019 Banff International String Quartet Competition, the Callisto Quartet has also taken home prizes from the Bordeaux (2019), Melbourne (2018), and Wigmore Hall (2018) competitions. The quartet has formerly held residencies at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music and the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid, Spain, and from 2020-2022 was the Ernst Stiefel Quartet in Residence at Caramoor Center for Music and Arts. The Quartet has performed at many renowned chamber music festivals such as the La Jolla Music Society Summerfest, the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, the Emilia Romagna Festival, and the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival in 2018, at the invitation of Gerhard Schulz, they attended the Prussia Cove International Musicians Seminar. As a result of their prize from the 2018 Wigmore Hall Competition, the Quartet received an invitation to the Jeunesses Musicales International Chamber Music Campus in Weikersheim, Germany. The Quartet maintains an active touring and performing schedule including notable debuts on the Schneider Concert Series, the Ravinia Festival, and the Heidelberg String Quartet Festival. They were also featured in Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall in July 2019 as Grand Prize winners of the 4th Manhattan International Music Competition Chamber Music Division. The quartet has been honored to collaborate with legendary artists, including cellist David Geringas at the Cleveland Cello Society’s 20th anniversary concert and clarinetist Franklin Cohen on the ChamberFest Cleveland Series. Over the 2018-2019 seasons at the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, they have collaborated with musicians such as Paul Watkins, Lawrence Power, Gilles Vonsattel, and John Novacek. In 2021, the quartet recorded Schubert’s Cello Quintet with Desmond Hoebig for the 2021 Banff International String Quartet Festival. The Callisto Quartet is committed to continually broadening their musical horizons by drawing inspiration from a plethora of mentors and musical approaches. They are also dedicated educators and believe in the importance of mentoring students and connecting with audiences in a meaningful way. The quartet most recently developed a unique chamber music curriculum entitled “Chamber Music Deconstructed: a Comprehensive Curriculum developed by the Callisto Quartet,” which they implemented during their 2021-22 teaching residency at the Fine Arts Center in Greenville, SC, and are currently bringing to other schools across the United States. ### Chagrin Arts is located at 88 North Main Street in Chagrin Falls Ohio. Its mission is to present inspiring arts programming and stimulating conversations. Research shows that the arts have a deep, positive, and healing impact contributing to the overall enhanced quality of life for individuals and their communities. Chagrin Arts’ “Arts With A Purpose” aims to bring arts programming to enrich lives and create conversations about social issues promoting the betterment of humanity as part of Chagrin Arts’ core values. -- <http://www.chagrinarts.org> Margaret Reardon Community Engagement Coordinator Chagrin Arts 88 North Main Street <https://maps.google.com/?q=88+North+Main+Street> Chagrin Falls OH 44022 <https://maps.google.com/?q=Chagrin+Falls+OH+44022> 440-247-9700 216-272-4277