Piano Quartet

The Aurelius Piano Quartet, derived from the Aurelius Ensemble, was founded spring 1999. The members come from a unique combination of backgrounds:

Walter Federle, violinist, also studies the mechanics of ant ambulation at the Harvard Biomechanics Laboratory — Currently a postdoctoral fellow in Biomechanics at Harvard University, Walter Federle has brought his violin from Germany to join in the Boston musical life. He studied violin at the music conservatory of Wuerzburg (Germany) with Konrad von der Goltz, Soeren Uhde and Klaus Lieb. Apart from numerous chamber music concerts, he has soloed with the Wuerzburg Conservatory Orchestra, the Telemann Orchestra Nuernberg and the Munich Youth Chamber Orchestra.

Annette Klein, violist, currently assists in zebra fish experiments at Tufts University — Born in Boston, Annette Klein has recently returned from living in Germany for 12 years. She has been an avid chamber music player since she picked up the viola at 12. She studied with Kim Kashkashian and Ulrich Koch in Freiburg and chamber music with Franco Rossi (Quartetto Italiano), Gyorgy Kurtag (Hungary), Louis Krasner and the Melos String Quartet. A memberof the Berlin-based chamber orchestra "Ensemble Oriol", Annette performs regularly in the Berlin Philharmonie and has toured Mexico, Panama, Brazil, Macao and much of Europe. To compliment her current work in a medical research lab, she is experimenting with original instruments and improvisation.

Michael Bonner, cellist, teaches creative writing at the Harvard Extension School — A graduate of Harvard College, Michael Bonner has been trained at Longy and the Eastman School of Music, studying with George Seaman, Jonathan Miller, and, most recently, Rhonda Rider, for whom he serves as a teaching assistant at Boston Conservatory. A recipient of the David McCord Prize for musical excellence at Harvard, Michael has played under Leonard Bernstein at the Tanglewood Institute, and has held principal positions in the Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, the University of Rochester Symphony Orchestra and the Longy Chamber Orchestra. He has participated in master classes with Menahem Pressler, Eugene Lainer and David Deveau, and performs as a chamber musician and freelance cellist in the Boston area.

Elaine Chew, pianist, designs mathematical models for music at MIT — An affiliated artist of the Music and Theater Arts section, Elaine Chew is a Ph.D. candidate at the Operations Research Center working on mathmatical models of tonal analysis in music. Graduating in 1992 with honors from Stanford University in Music and Computational Mathematics, she has also completed a Masters Degree in Computational Finance from MIT. A recent recipient of the Weisner Award, she has been an active participant of Marcus Thompson's Chamber Music Society and Advanced Music Performance program since 1992 where she studied with David Deveau. Recently, she returned from two soldout performances of the Strauss' Burleske at the President's Charity Concert with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.

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BEETHOVEN: Quartet for piano, violin, viola, and cello in E-flat major, Op. 16

ERIC SAWYER: Quartet for piano and strings

Walter Federle, violin; Annette Klein, viola;

Michael Bonner, cello; Elaine Chew, piano

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DVORAK: Quintet for piano and strings in A major, Op. 81

Walter Federle, violin; Oliver Klein, violin; Annette Klein, viola;

Michael Bonner, cello; Elaine Chew, piano

Manchester-by-the-Sea: Crowell Chapel, Sunday 11 April 1999, 5pm. Concert sponsored by the Manchester Arts Council.

Cambridge: MIT's Killian Hall, Tuesday 30 March 1999, 8pm. Concert sponsored by Music and Theater Arts at MIT.

Harvard University: Cabot Living Room, Wednesday 7 April 1999, 8pm.

Cambridge: MIT Bldg 10-250, Odyssey Program, Saturday 27 March 1999, 12pm. Outreach concert for 450 middle schoolers from Johns Hopkin's Institute for the Advancement of Youth.

Cambridge: Ashdown House, Sunday 7 March 1999, 11am. Event hosted by Beth and Vernon Ingram.