The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University

 

Composed of four deeply musical characters, the Kubrick Quartet, formed in 2011, presents the string quartet repertoire in dazzling color, virtuosity, and authenticity. In the short time that they have been together, they have already displayed a high level of performance, both musically and technically, earning themselves a 2011-2012 Peabody Conservatory Honors Ensemble award.

They currently study at the Peabody Conservatory, under the instruction of esteemed performer and Director of Chamber Music at Peabody, Michael Kannen.

 

From Durham, North Carolina, nineteen-year-old violinist Orin Laursen is an active performer of chamber music as well as the solo violin repertoire.

His accomplishments include winning the 2008 Durham Symphony Competition, the 2007 NC Symphony Youth Concerto Competition (junior division), and the 2007 NC ASTA Solo Competition (junior division) among others. In 2007, Orin participated in the 39th annual New York String Orchestra Seminar under conductor Jaime Laredo, collaborating with pianists Yefim Bronfman and André Watts in two Carnegie Hall concerts. He has also appeared as a soloist with the Saint Petersberg Symphony Orchestra, the Winston-Salem Symphony, the Durham Symphony, and the Tar River Orchestra. Orin was first violin and founding member of Goat String Quartet, with which he performed from 2002 to 2010.

Orin currently attends the Peabody Conservatory, where he studies with Victor Danchenko. He plays a violin made in 2005 by Barrington, Illinois maker Tetsuo Matsuda.

 

21 year old violinist Songeun Jeong is an artist whose playing combines natural temperament with technical ease. A winner of various competitions, Ms. Jeong has won 1^st place in the Phone Classic Competition in 2009 and 2^nd place in the Concerto Competition of the Moores School of Music in 2008. As a result of her successes, Ms. Jeong was soloist in Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Haydn’s Violin Concerto in C, and Mozart’s Violin Concerto No 5 “Turkish” with the Young Artist String Orchestra, in which she was also concertmaster for two years. A versatile and probing musician, Ms. Jeong’s was part of the AURA Contemporary Ensemble at the University of Houston and also as concertmaster of Peabody Concert Orchestra. Ms. Jeong is currently studying with esteemed pedagogue Pamela Frank at the Peabody Conservatory.

 

21- year-old violinist and violist Dian Zhang is a probing musician who is dedicated to bringing and revealing the essence of the music he plays to the public through performance. A winner of various competitions, Dian was the winner of Marbury Competition at Peabody in 2009, the ASTA Competition for the Los Angeles Area in 2006, the 8^th Annual Young Artists Concerto Competition sponsored by the Torrance Symphony in 2004, a recipient of Fe Bland Scholarship Foundation in 2008, and many others. He has also performed in recitals in the Los Angeles area as well as a solo engagement with the Torrance Symphony.

Dian has studied with Xue Wei and Alice Schoenfeld and he is currently a senior at Peabody Conservatory studying with esteemed pedagogue Victor Danchenko.

 

19- year-old cellist Javier Iglesias Martin, is an exciting solo and chamber music performer as well as an active orchestra player.

The Spanish cellist began playing cello at the age of 7 with Eduardo Palao and Adolfo Gutierrez and has performed in master classes for Lluis Claret, Jens Peter Mainz and Gary Hoffmann. Javier has been an active orchestra player participating as principal cellist in Orquesta Ciudad de Alcala, Joven Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid and Festival junger Kunstle Bayreuth, and also collaborated with orchestras such as JONDE and Orquesta Filarmonia. His accomplishments include winner of the Hazen Chamber Music and Solo Competition, Curso Ciudad de Toledo Competition and Best Academic Music Record in Madrid in 2009. Javier made his public debut at the age of 16 with a solo recital and at the age of 17 he made his debut as a soloist playing Elgar Cello Concerto.

He is currently in his second year pursuing a Bachelors of Music degree at Peabody Conservatory studying with world-renowned soloist and professor Amit Peled.

 

The Kubrick Quartet will be premiering a new work by Peabody composer Inae Lee.