

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: PERFORMANCE: Tesla Quartet: The Music of Hugo Kauder
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 04 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: BMCM+AC is excited to welcome back The Tesla Quartet! This special performance, presented in conjunction with our Points in Space exhibition, will bring to life the music of Hugo Kauder, who served as composer-in-residence at Black Mountain College during the summer of 1945. The program will feature Kauder’s Seventh String Quartet, the same work first performed at BMC in 1945, offering audiences a rare chance to experience this historic piece in a contemporary setting.

The Tesla Quartet is known the world over for their “superb capacity to find the inner heart of everything they play, regardless of era, style, or technical demand” (The International Review of Music). From cutting edge contemporary works to established masterpieces, the Tesla Quartet’s emotive and thoughtful interpretations reveal the ensemble’s deep commitment to the craft and to their ever expanding repertoire. The quartet recognizes the power of their platform to amplify underrepresented voices and to encourage the proliferation of an equitable and just future for society as well as a hospitable climate for posterity.

In 2018, the Tesla Quartet released its debut album of Haydn, Ravel, and Stravinsky quartets on the Orchid Classics label to critical acclaim. BBC Music Magazine awarded the disc a double 5-star rating and featured it as the “Chamber Choice” for the month of December and Gramophone praised the quartet for its “tautness of focus and refinement of detail.” They released their second disc on the Orchid Classics label in October 2019, Joy & Desolation, a collaboration with clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein featuring quintets by Mozart, Finzi, John Corigliano and Carolina Heredia. 

Now in its 16th season, the quartet performs regularly across North America and Europe, with recent highlights including their debut at New York’s Lincoln Center, a return to London’s Wigmore Hall, and performances at Stanford University’s Bing Concert Hall as winners of the prestigious John Lad Prize. Other recent international engagements include tours of Brazil, China, and South Korea. Notable festival appearances include the Banff Centre International String Quartet Festival; the Joseph Haydn String Quartet Festival at the Esterházy Palace in Fertőd, Hungary; the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival in Germany; and the Festival Sesc de Música de Câmara in São Paulo, Brazil. Having served as the Marjorie Young Bell String Quartet-in-Residence at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, Canada from 2016-2017, the Tesla Quartet also recently completed a four-year community residency in Hickory, North Carolina that included performances and workshops at local colleges, universities, and in the public school system, as well as a dedicated chamber music series.

The Tesla Quartet is Ross Snyder (violin), Michelle Lie (violin), Edwin Kaplan (viola), and Austin Fisher (cello).
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/asheville/performance-tesla-quartet-the-music-of-hugo-kauder/200029090790059
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, festivals, concerts, workshops, exhibitions
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 11

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Asheville
- **state**: NC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 120 College Street, Asheville, NC, United States, North Carolina 28801
- **lat**: 35.5959
- **long**: -82.55054
- **full address**: 120 College Street, Asheville, NC, United States, North Carolina 28801

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is PERFORMANCE: Tesla Quartet: The Music of Hugo Kauder being held?
  - **A:** PERFORMANCE: Tesla Quartet: The Music of Hugo Kauder takes place on Thu, 04 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm to Thu, 04 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm at 120 College Street, Asheville, NC, United States, North Carolina 28801.
- **Q**: Who is organizing PERFORMANCE: Tesla Quartet: The Music of Hugo Kauder?
  - **A:** PERFORMANCE: Tesla Quartet: The Music of Hugo Kauder is organized by Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** PERFORMANCE: Tesla Quartet: The Music of Hugo Kauder is ideal for music lovers, fans of all genres, and anyone who wants to celebrate the power of music - from intimate gigs and live sessions to festivals and cultural performances. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Asheville, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If PERFORMANCE: Tesla Quartet: The Music of Hugo Kauder sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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