Show High Praise for the Abramyan Quartet By Shane I. I Callahan i. i AE Editor L 1 On one of the first sunn sunny days of 1 the year the Abramyan String Quartet tet performed catching hold of the life outside and portraying it through their music The concert was held April 23 with music from Mozart's time to Modern The program consisted of Mozart's Quartet in flat B flat K also called the Hunt Tully Catheys Cathey's The Bardol Saga and Arthur Sheperd's Quintet for Piano and String Quartet tet wi with th guest pianist Grant Johannesen who is one of the country's most distinguished artists The Abramyan String Quartet was named after the late violinist of the Utah Symphony Ashot Abramyan The quartet plays for the under-served under audiences of the community community community com com- to keep with the spirit of Mr Abramyan Most of their concerts have in effect been performed free of charge with most of the audiences consisting of the elderly troubled w z 9 0 Z r j ra V 1 x Y Left to Right Gerald Elias violin John Eckstein cello Lynnette Stewart violin and Scott Lewis viola make up the Abramyan String Quartet youth the homeless and students The group was found in 1993 and has since become one of the most effective effective effective ef ef- ef- ef outreach programs for small arts organizations in the Salt Lake area One may think that musicians that play for free are probably not that good but on the contrary they are extraordinary Each musician all veteran chamber and orchestral musicians musicians mu mu- have individually had re renowned renowned renowned re- re careers on their own Their exceptional talent prevailed prevailed prevailed pre pre- and their cause and spirit even more so Their hope of establishing establishing establishing lishing themselves as the premier quartet of the intermountain west will indefinitely be obtained only in time |