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A full house at Lincoln Center’s Great Performers: JACK Quartet’s inimitable programming

By Rebecca Lentjes, 26 April 2015
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Reviewed at Lincoln Center, Rose Building: Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio, New York City on 23 April 2015
Programme
Crawford Seeger, String Quartet
Mazzoli, Death Valley Junction
Eckardt, Ascension
Shaw, Ritornello 2.sq.2.j
Zorn, The Alchemist
Performers
JACK Quartet
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Rebecca Lentjes
Rebecca Lentjes
Rebecca graduated from New York University in 2012, where she studied Music and Romance Languages. She now works as an assistant editor at RILM (Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale) and as manager of contemporary music collective ensemble mise-en.