Festival Timeline

1979

(2 June – 15 June)

Fine Arts String Quartet
Chamber Orchestra of Bellas Artes

1980

(26 May – 13 June)

Fine Arts String Quartet
Chamber Orchestra of Bellas Artes

1981

(26 July – 15 August)

Chamber Orchestra of Bellas Artes
Manhattan String Quartet
Mexico City Quartet
Paul Rosenbaum, piano
Rasma Lielmane, violin

1982

(25 July – 14 August)

Chamber Orchestra of Bellas Artes
Manhattan String Quartet
Rasma Lielmane, violin, Rodolfo Ponce, piano
Leopoldo Téllez, cello
Manhattan String Quartet, Leopoldo Téllez, cello

1983

(1 August – 20 August)

Chamber Orchestra of Bellas Artes
Budapest Trio
Rasma Lielmane, violin, Alfredo Zamora, piano
Mexico Trio
Xalapa Quintet

1984

(7 August – 25 August)

Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Budapest Trio
Chamber Orchestra of Bellas Artes, Rafael Urrusti, flute
Jóse Kahan, piano
Xalapa Quintet
Mary Davenport, contralto

1985

(3 August – 24 August)

Fine Arts String Quartet
Rasma Lielmane, violin & Hector Rojas, piano
Fine Arts String Quartet & Marta Garcia Renart, piano
Budapest Trio
Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Roberto Limon, guitar
Fine Arts String Quartet & Budapest Trio, Jorge Risi, violin
Madrigalstudio Quintet
Xalapa Duo

1986

(2 August – 16 August)

Fine Arts String Quartet
Wolfgang Laufer, cello, Jorge Risi, violin, Marta Garcia Renart, piano
Fine Arts String Quartet & Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Cuarteto Latinoamericano

1987

(1 August – 22 August)

Fine Arts String Quartet
Filarmonia del Bajío
Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Marta Garcia Renart, piano
Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Alan Eglitzin, viola
Philadelphia String Quartet, Javier Montiel, viola, Alvaro Bitran, cello
Jorge Risi, violin, Marta Garcia Renart, piano
Philadelphia String Quartet

1988

(30 July – 20 August)

Fine Arts String Quartet
Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Fine Arts String Quartet, Gilberto Mungia, cello
Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Jorge Risi, violin
Lark String Quartet
Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Anna Kruger, viola (Lark Quartet), Laura Sewell, cello (Lark Quartet)
Lark String Quartet, Luis Humberto Ramos, clarinet
Dank-Wort String Quartet
Jorge Risi, violin, Marta Garcia Renart, piano
Lark String Quartet, Marta Garcia Renart, piano

1989

(00 July – 00 August)

(Approximate listing. No program available)
American String Quartet
Lark String Quartet
Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Alyssa Park, violin, (1st concert by the Winner, Irving M. Klein String Competition, San Francisco, CA)

1990

(4 August – 19 August)

Manhattan String Quartet
Manhattan String Quartet, Marta Garcia Renart, piano
Manhattan String Quartet, Javier Montiel, viola, Alvaro Bitran, cello
Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Roberto Limon, guitar
Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Luis Humberto Ramos, clarinet
Robert Maine, cello, (Winner, Irving M. Klein String Competition, San Francisco, CA)
Marta Garcia Renart, piano
American String Quartet
American String Quartet, Javier Montiel, viola, Alvaro Bitran, cello
Manhattan String Quartet, Luis Humberto Ramos, clarinet, Marta Garcia Renart, piano

1991

(3 August – 17 August)

Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Gordon Campbell, horn
Lafayette String Quartet
Lafayette String Quartet, Javier Montiel, viola
Lafayette String Quartet & Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Marta Garcia Renart, piano
Jennifer Frautschi, violin, (Winner, Irving M. Klein StringCompetition, San Francisco CA)
Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Robert Kolb, oboe
American String Quartet

1992

(1 August – 15 August)

Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Roberto Limon, guitar
Fine Arts String Quartet & Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Fine Arts String Quartet
Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Marta Garcia Renart, piano, Victor Flores, contrabass
Mark Andrew Kosower, cello, (Winner, Irving M. Klein StringCompetition, San Francisco CA)
Marta Garcia Renart, piano
American String Quartet

1993

(31 July – 15 August)

Fine Arts String Quartet
Marta Garcia Renart, piano, Adrian Velazquez, piano, Marta Tillett, flauta
Lark String Quartet
Lark String Quartet, Marta Garcia Renart, piano
Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Anna Kruger, viola (Lark Quartet), Astrid Schween, cello, (Lark Quartet)
Jennifer Koh, violin, (Winner, Irving M. Klein StringCompetition, San Francisco CA)
Eugenia Monacelli, piano
Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Elena Duran, flute
American String Quartet
American String Quartet, Masao Kawasaki, viola
Silvestre Revueltas Brass Quintet & Lark String Quartet

1994

(00 July – 00 August)

(Approximate listing. No program available)
American String Quartet
Lark String Quartet
Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Borodin Trio
Francois Salque, cello, (Winner, Irving M. Klein String Competition, San Francisco, CA)

1995

(29 July – 13 August)

Colorado String Quartet
Colorado String Quartet, Fernando García Torres, piano
Cathy Basrak, viola, (Winner, Irving M. Klein String Competition, San Francisco, CA)
Lark String Quartet
Lark String Quartet, Marta García Renart, piano
Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Andrea Puente, harp
Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Lark String Quartet
Penderecki String Quartet
Penderecki String Quartet, Judith Johanson, flute
Borodin Trio
Borodin Trio & Penderecki String Quartet
Ruso-Americano String Quartet, Voces de México

1996

(3 August – 18 August)

Penderecki String Quartet
Penderecki String Quartet, Fernando Garcia Torres, piano
Lisa Kim, violin, (Winner, Irving M. Klein String Competition, San Francisco, CA)
Ruso-Americano String Quartet, Quinteto de Alientos
Soloists from the Orquestra de Baja
Ying Quartet
Ying Quartet, Martha Garcia Renart, piano
Lark Quartet & Ying Quartet
Lark Quartet

1997

(2 August – 16 August)

Ying Quartet
Amy Schwartz, violin, (Winner, Irving M. Klein String Competition, San Francisco, CA)
Marta Garcia Renart, piano
Ying Quartet, Fernando Garcia Torres, piano
Tokyo String Quartet
Ensamble de las Rosas
Jennifer Koh, violin, Marta Garcia Renart, piano
Dallas Chamber Orchestra, Jennifer Koh, violin
Dallas Chamber Orchestra
Dallas Chamber Orchestra, Robert Guthrie, guitar, John Owens, piano

1998

(1 August – 15 August)

Chilingirian String Quartet
Penderecki String Quartet, Anne-Marie Donovan, mezzosoprano
Ying Quartet, Fernando Garcia Torres, piano
Penderecki String Quartet
Ying Quartet
Lark String Quartet & Ying Quartet
Cuarteto Latinoamericano*
Denise Djokic, cello, (Winner, Irving M. Klein String Competition, San Francisco, CA)
Lynn Stodola, piano
Teo Arias, violin, Marta Garcia Renart, piano, Lark String Quartet
Lark String Quartet
Tokyo String Quartet
*Mario Lavista, composer

1999

(31 July – 14 August)

Emerson String Quartet
Frank Huang, violin, (Winner, Irving M. Klein String Competition, San Francisco, CA)
Marta Garcia Renart, piano
Shanghai String Quartet
Shanghai String Quartet, Fernando Garcia Torres, piano
Shanghai String Quartet & Ying Quartet
Ensamble Onix, Jesús Suaste, baritone,*
Carlos Prieto, cello, Edison Quintana, piano
Ying Quartet
Tokyo String Quartet
*Armando Luna Ponce, compositor

2000

(29 July – 12 August)

Sadao Harada, cello, Joji Hattori, violin, (Marta Garcia Renart, piano possibly substituted for Ruth Laredo)
St. Petersburg String Quartet
Jun Tokunaga Jensen, cello, (Winner, Irving M. Klein String Competition, San Francisco, CA)
Marta Garcia Renart, piano
Ying Quartet
Ying Quartet, Sadao Harada, cello, Yoram Youngerman, viola (Amernet), Javier Arias-Flores, cello, (Amernet)
Cuarteto de la Ciudad de México
Pilar Rioja, dance, with voice, classical guitar, flamenco guitar, and percussion accompaniment
Amernet String Quartet, Sadao Harada, cello
Amernet String Quartet
Tokyo String Quartet
David Finkel, cello, Wu Han, piano (July 14 Tom Sawyer Memorial Benefit Concert)

2001

(28 July – 11 August)

St. Petersburg String Quartet
David Finckel, cello, Wu Han, piano
Emerson String Quartet
Howard Zhang, violin, (Winner, Irving M. Klein String Competition, San Francisco, CA)
Joji Hattori, violin, Teo Arias, violin, Sadao Harada, cello, Jasminka Stancul, piano
Ying Quartet
Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Gonzalo Salazar, guitar*
Victor Pellegrini, guitar, Amparo del Riego, cello
Gelato Quartet
Tokyo String Quartet, Philip Ying, viola, (Ying Quartet), David Ying, cello, (Ying Quartet)
Tokyo String Quartet, John Browning, piano, Owen Lee, bass
*Orlando Jacinto Garcia, composer

2002

(27 July – 10 August)

Tokyo String Quartet
Tokyo String Quartet, Phillip Ying, viola, (Ying Quartet)
David Finckel, cello, Wu Han, piano
Ying Quartet
Min-Ji Kim, cello, (Winner, Irving M. Klein String Competition, San Francisco, CA)
Marta Garcia Renart, piano
Robert White, tenor, Marta Garcia Renart, piano
Jose White String Quartet
Gonzalo Salazar, guitar, Ibiza Salazar, flute, Luz Haydee Bermejo, mezzosoprano
Joji Hattori, violin, Darla Zappa, violin, James Creitz, viola, Sadao Harada, cello, Jasminka Stancul, piano
Ives String Quartet, Enrique Graf, piano
Ives String Quartet & Casals String Quartet
Casals String Quartet
Joji Hattori, violin, James Creitz, viola, Sadao Harada, cello, Jasminka Stancul, piano

2003

(2 August – 16 August)

Ying Quartet, Elinor Freer, piano
Eric Nowlin, viola, (Winner, Irving M. Klein String Competition, San Francisco, CA)
Marta Garcia Renart, piano
Fine Arts Quartet
Saint Petersburg String Quartet
Trio Harada, Hattori, Stancul
Ying Quartet, St. Petersburg String Quartet, Elinor Freer, piano
Jose White String Quartet
Gustavo Rivero Weber, piano
Casals String Quartet
Corigliano String Quartet
Corigliano String Quartet & Casals String Quartet

2004

(31 July – 14 August)

Joji Hattori, viola, Gordon Back, piano, Wolfgang Klinser, clarinette, Orlando Espinosa, cello,
Sergio Carrillo, viola, Silvia Santa Maria, violin, Rafael Jiménez, guitar
Joji Hattori, viola, Catherine Beynon, harp
Joji Hattori, viola, Gordon Back, piano, Wolfgang Klinser, clarinette, Orlando Espinosa, cello,
Sergio Carrillo, viola, Silvia Santa Maria, violin, Catherine Beynon, harp
Jose White Quartet
Rossetti String Quartet
Joshua Román, cello, (Winner, Irving M. Klein String Competition, San Francisco, CA)
Ying Quartet, Elinor Freer, piano, Thomas Diener, viola (Rossetti Quartet), Eric Gaenslen, cello (Rossetti Quartet)
Ying Quartet

2005

(30 July – 13 August)

Ying Quartet, Elinor Freer, piano
Ying Quartet, Elinor Freer, piano, Russell Brown, contrabass
Rossetti String Quartet, David Ying, cello (Ying Quartet)
Rossetti String Quartet
Vega String Quartet
Vega String Quartet, Timothy Fain, violin
Name not listed, (Winner, Irving M. Klein String Competition, San Francisco, CA)
Possibly did not perform
St. Petersburg String Quartet
Lourdes Ambriz, soprano, Encarnación Vásquez, mezzosoprano, Natasha Tarásova, piano
Gustavo Rivero Weber, piano, Natasha Tarásova, piano

2006

(29 July – 12 August)

Turtle Island String Quartet
Turtle Island String Quartet, David Ying, cello, (Ying Quartet)
Ying Quartet
Ying Quartet & Vega String Quartet
Vega String Quartet
Olga Kern, piano
St. Petersburg String Quartet, Olga Kern, piano
St. Petersburg String Quartet & Vega String Quartet
Timothy Fain, violin, Will Ransom, piano
St. Petersburg String Quartet
St. Petersburg String Quartet & Vega String Quartet, Timothy Fain, violin

2007

(28 July – 11 August)

Turtle Island String Quartet
Cypress String Quartet
La Catrina String Quartet
Cassatt String Quartet
Rossetti String Quartet
Imani Winds
Cassatt String Quartet, Imani Winds, Timothy Fain, violin, Mauricio Nader, piano
Brentano String Quartet
Brentano String Quartet & La Catrina String Quartet

2008

(31 July – 17 August)

Carlos Chavez String Quartet, Lourdes Ambriz, soprano, Ernesto Anaya, tenor *
Ying Quartet
Arveiros Vocal Quartet, Carlos Vazquez, piano, John Stump, organ
Carmen Aloisa Sanchez, piano (Outstanding student 2007), Gaston Lafourcade, piano, La Catrina String Quartet
Synergy Brass
Quinteto de Alientos de Bellas Artes
Synergy Brass, John Stump, organ
Ahn Trio
Carlos Chavez String Quartet
La Catrina String Quartet
Poulenc Trio
Miami String Quartet
Poulenc Trio & La Catrina String Quartet
Miami String Quartet & La Catrina String Quartet, Gustavo Rivero Weber, piano
* Jesus Echevarria, composer

2009

(5 – 16 August)

Amernet String Quartet
Borromeo String quartet
Cuarteto de Cuerdas Carlos Chavez
Cuarteto de Cuerdas Scherzo
Daniel Buchowski
Guadalupe Jiménez, soprano
Haven String Quartet
Jupiter String Quartet
Natasha Tarasova, pianist
Yale Alumni Choir

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Festival Timeline

1979

(2 June – 15 June)

Fine Arts String Quartet
Chamber Orchestra of Bellas Artes

1980

(26 May – 13 June)

Fine Arts String Quartet
Chamber Orchestra of Bellas Artes

1981

(26 July – 15 August)

Chamber Orchestra of Bellas Artes
Manhattan String Quartet
Mexico City Quartet
Paul Rosenbaum, piano
Rasma Lielmane, violin

1982

(25 July – 14 August)

Chamber Orchestra of Bellas Artes
Manhattan String Quartet
Rasma Lielmane, violin, Rodolfo Ponce, piano
Leopoldo Téllez, cello
Manhattan String Quartet, Leopoldo Téllez, cello

1983

(1 August – 20 August)

Chamber Orchestra of Bellas Artes
Budapest Trio
Rasma Lielmane, violin, Alfredo Zamora, piano
Mexico Trio
Xalapa Quintet

1984

(7 August – 25 August)

Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Budapest Trio
Chamber Orchestra of Bellas Artes, Rafael Urrusti, flute
Jóse Kahan, piano
Xalapa Quintet
Mary Davenport, contralto

1985

(3 August – 24 August)

1986

(2 August – 16 August)

Fine Arts String Quartet
Wolfgang Laufer, cello, Jorge Risi, violin, Marta Garcia Renart, piano
Fine Arts String Quartet & Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Cuarteto Latinoamericano

1987

(1 August – 22 August)

1988

(30 July – 20 August)

1989

(00 July – 00 August)

1990

(4 August – 19 August)

1991

(3 August – 17 August)

1992

(1 August – 15 August)

1993

(31 July – 15 August)

1994

(00 July – 00 August)

1995

(29 July – 13 August)

1996

(3 August – 18 August)

1997

(2 August – 16 August)

1998

(1 August – 15 August)

1999

(31 July – 14 August)

2000

(29 July – 12 August)

2001

(28 July – 11 August)

2002

(27 July – 10 August)

2003

(2 August – 16 August)

2004

(31 July – 14 August)

2005

(30 July – 13 August)

2006

(29 July – 12 August)

2007

(28 July – 11 August)

2008

(31 July – 17 August)

2009

(5 – 16 August)

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