The UNLV Performing Arts Center welcomes the Zukerman ChamberPlayers, Pinchas Zukerman, violin; Jessica Linnebach, violin; Jethro Marks, viola; Ashan Pillai, viola; and Amanda Forsyth, cello, at 8 p.m. on Friday, May 2 as part of the Charles Vanda Master Series.
Formed during the 2002-2003 season, the Zukerman ChamberPlayers' first tour in 2003 included the Ravinia, Verbier, Schleswig-Holstein, Tivoli (Denmark) and Musica Mundi (Belgium) Festivals, as well as the Festival of the Sound and Domaine Forget in Canada, and garnered great critical acclaim. Return engagements in summer 2004 at the Ravinia and Tivoli Festivals have been followed by appearances at London's BBC Proms, Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, and festivals in Barcelona, Istanbul, Provence and Reims, France. In North America, the ensemble has performed at the Tanglewood Festival, Aspen Music Festival and Ontario's Festival of the Sound. Spring 2006 tour dates included Princeton, Baltimore, El Paso, Portland, OR, Saratoga, CA, Sun City, AZ and Orono, ME. The ensemble's first recording for CBC Records, Mozart-Zukerman, was nominated for a 2004 Juno Award in the "Classical Album of the Year: Solo or Chamber Ensemble" category. A second disc of string quintets by Mozart and Brahms was released by Altara in early 2006.
Tickets to the Zukerman ChamberPlayers are $35, $50, and $80 and can be purchased at the Performing Arts Center Box Office at 895-ARTS (2787) or by visiting pac.unlv.edu. Student rush tickets are $13 each and available one hour prior to each event, based on availability and with valid student I.D. UNLV faculty and staff discounts also are available. A $1 facilities fee, in addition to the ticket price, is charged on all Performing Arts Center tickets. The box office is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. Information about all of the season's performances can be found on the Performing Arts Center website, located at pac.unlv.edu.
Founded in 1976, the Performing Arts Center at UNLV continues to be Southern Nevada's premier performing arts venue. Located on the north end of the UNLV campus, the PAC hosts a variety of performances each year in three distinct series - the Charles Vanda Master Series, the New York Stage & Beyond Series, and the UNLV Classical guitar Series. UNLV and KLVX Channel 10 are graciously sponsoring the season.
