St. Petersburg Piano Quartet
Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 7:30 p.m.
Violin, viola, cello, piano

St. Petersburg Piano Quartet was founded in spring of 2014, making its début in New York City the same season with a pair of extremely successful concerts on the popular Barge Music series. Alla Aranovskaya and Boris Vayner are the first violinist and violist of the St. Petersburg String Quartet, one of the world’s most esteemed chamber ensembles whose rise to fame included winning First Prize at the All-Soviet Union String Quartet Competition, the Silver Medal and a Special Prize at the Tokyo International Chamber Music Competition, and First Prize and both Special Prizes at the Vittorio Gui International Competition for Chamber Ensembles in Florence, Italy, among others. Pianist Tao Lin is a versatile musician, feeling equally at home as soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. An artist faculty member at the Bowdoin International Music Festival and visiting professor at Shanghai Normal University Music College, he has also given master classes and lectures at universities and conservatories in the United States, Norway, and China. Mr. Lin is a Steinway Artist who has performed in Asia, North, America, and Europe. Cellist Thomas Mesa is quickly establishing himself as one of the most charismatic and engaging performers of his generation, winning the 2016 Sphinx Competition, First Place of the 2013 Thaviu Competition for String Performance, and First Place of the 2006 Alhambra Orchestra Concerto Competition. He is a graduate of The Julliard School (B.M), Northwestern University (M.M.), and is a doctoral candidate at the Manhattan School of Music.