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Mahler Song Cycles Recording Kickstarter
Help produce the world premiere recordings of three of Mahler’s beloved song cycles transcribed for string quartet and mezzo-soprano by our own Zak Grafilo! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/liederalive/lieder-alive-mahler-song-cycles-recording Pledge Now! Rewards!!! Advanced Digital Downloads & CD – $10-20 Advanced Autographed CD & Downloads – $50 Become a Producer! (plus Autographed CD) – $75 4 Tickets to any LIEDER…
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Sunday LIEDER ALIVE!
Sunday, June 11 will mark the world premiere performance of our own Zak Grafilo’s Mahler Lieder eines Fahrenden gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer) transcription for string quartet and mezzo-soprano (Kindra Scharich). The event will be presented by LIEDER ALIVE! and will also mark the launch of a Kickstarter campaign to support the recording of three…
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Apotheosis — In The Studio
A look in at Fantasy Studios as producer Wieslaw Pogorzelski (on monitor via Skype from Warsaw) and engineer Alberto Hernandez work with Zakarias Grafilo and Sandy Wilson on our upcoming recording, “Apotheosis — Mozart: The Four Final Quartets”:
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Zak Checks in From Poland
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Zak Weighs in on our new releases
Fanfare Magazine’s Jerry Dubins interviewed ASQ’s Zak Grafilo about our new release of Brahms and Schumann Piano Quintets with Joyce Yang. Read a little of their conversation here and find the full interview at FanfareMag.com! Jerry: Speaking of the Piano Quintet, now there’s a wild thing, if ever there was one. As a student at…
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Zak Grafilo takes on new role as conductor
ASQ violinist Zak Grafilo wears many hats as a performer and arranger for much of the ASQ repertory, and we’ve already let you in on his role as recording producer, but today we’re featuring his newest “hat” — conductor! This Wednesday (10/24), Zak will be conducting the San Francisco State University Orchestra. Take a look…
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KDFC State of The Arts features Gershwin & Kern
KDFC’s “The State of The Arts” features the new Gershwin & Kern recording and interviews ASQ’s own Zak Grafilo. Take a listen: From KDFC: “The latest CD by the Alexander String Quartet pairs two kings of the American popular song: George Gershwin and Jerome Kern. A suite of tunes from Porgy and Bess, which began…
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Zak Reporting from Banff in an email to the guys
Greetings from the Canadian Rockies! I’m about to start Day 3 of recording with the Afiaras and things are going very well. We gotten through the 1st, 3rd and 4th movements of Beethoven Op. 59/1 and we’re going to finish it up with the Scherzo today and hopefully get through a large chunk of Op. 131.…
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Zak Grafilo on his Brahms Transcriptions
Early in 2008, the ASQ was in the midst making plans to do a Brahms chamber music series at Baruch College in New York City where we would perform the three String Quartets, the two Viola Quintets, the two String Sextets, as well as the Piano and Clarinet Quintets. The repertoire was wonderful and it…
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Very First Time
When I look back at the past 10 years in the ASQ, one of the most significant accomplishments for me is the extensive recording library that we’ve put together in such a short time. Just the other day I looked at my CD shelf and I counted at least 35 new discs; including a complete…
