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The quartets are arriving in Banff

Posted by Jim Swanson
Saturday, 28 August 2010

The members of Quatuor Zaïde arrived on the Banff Airporter on Thursday, August 26, after a 20-hour trip from France. The Amaryllis Quartet arrived on Friday, and on Saturday afternoon most members of the Asasello, Cecilia, Noga, and Peresson quartets arrived.

Quartets arrive in Banff

BISQC executive director Barry Shiffman welcomes musicians on Saturday afternoon.

Yet to arrive among this group of quartets are the cellists from the Peresson and Asasello quartets. Cellos require their own seats on the airplane, and the flight from Montreal on which these musicians arrived had seats for only two non-human occupants.

Recalling his years of travel with the St. Lawrence String Quartet, BISQC executive director Barry Shiffman said, “We hope the winners of this year’s BISCQ are so successful they won’t have to fly commercially.” Few musicians — Yo-yo Ma and Pinchas Zukerman came to mind — travel by private jet.

Quartets arrive in Banff

Filing into the Professional Development Centre. Click on photo to enlarge.

Members of the Afiara, Atrium, and Hausmann quartets are scheduled to arrive later Saturday or Sunday.

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