Callisto Quartet brings a world premiere to rainy Caramoor

By Edward Sava-Segal, 03 July 2021

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Reviewed at Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts: Venetian Theater, Katonah on 1 July 2021

Haydn, String Quartet no. 28 in E flat major, Op.20 no.1, Hob III:31

Haddad, String Quartet no. 2 (World premiere)

Beethoven, String Quartet no. 9 in C major, "Razumovsky", Op.59 no.3

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Edward Sava-Segal

Edward has been living in New York for the last 25 years, one of the reasons being the extraordinarily rich cultural life in this city. He has studied piano and classical music in his early years. He switched later on to computer science and data architecture but he kept an unwavering interest in following the classical music phenomenon here in New York and in his travels. Edward occasionally reviews fine arts events for the most prestigious literary magazine in Romania, his home country.