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Bonfire Chamber Music Festival 2019 will enjoy its third season at the Myles Reif Performing Arts Center with three concerts at the end of July (Wednesday the 24th – Friday the 26th).  This year’s chamber music festival will feature the artistry of acclaimed ARTARIA STRING QUARTET, as well as a premiere performance of the newly-formed 2 SISTERS TRIO (Kristina Gullion – violin, Monika Sutherland – cello, and Mary Ellen Haupert – piano).

In addition to festival evening concerts at the Reif, there are daily “Bonfire Extras” (free, family-friendly events around town), making Grand Rapids, Minnesota a vacation destination for all ages!

Wednesday, July 24, 2019 @ 7:00pm – Artaria String Quartet

• Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet in D Major, Op. 18, No. 3
• Ludwig van Beethoven – Große Fuge in B-flat Major, Op. 133
• Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1

Thursday, July 25, 2019 @ 7:00pm – Artaria String Quartet

• Franz Joseph Haydn – String Quartet in F Major, Op. 77, No. 2
• George Rochberg – String Quartet No. 3 (1971)

Friday, July 26, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 2 Sisters Trio

• ​Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 17 by Clara Schumann (1819 – 1896)
• Piano Trio in B Major, Op. 8 by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

About Artaria

Described as an “exceptional ensemble with impressive confidence in its interpretations” and “Minnesota’s foremost teaching and performing string quartet”, the Artaria String Quartet recently celebrated its 30 year of chamber music concerts. Winners of the 2004 McKnight Fellowship for Performing Musicians, and named 2013-14 Minnesota Public Radio Artists-in-Residence, Artaria was also featured on Twin Cities Public Television as part of the “Minnesota Originals” series.

Artaria’s refined and thoughtful playing has brought them to major venues throughout the United States and Europe, on national television and public radio stations, and at top summer festivals including the Banff Centre in Canada, Festival de L’Epau in France, and the Tanglewood Music Center in Lenox, MA.

Artaria has earned numerous awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, Chamber Music America, and the Minnesota State Arts Board for excellence in performance and educational outreach. Directors of the Artaria Chamber Music School, a premiere weekly string chamber music program in Saint Paul; and Stringwood Chamber Music Festival, featuring the ASQ and renowned guest artists every June in Lanesboro, MN; they are founders of the Saint Paul String Quartet Competition, which showcases the nation’s top high school age string quartets each April.