The 6821 Quintet Celebrates the Cherry Blossom Festival
Monday, March 25, 2019, 12 – 1pm EDT
Join The 6821 Quintet to celebrate spring! Based on the idea that music can bring disparate cultures together, this group of international musicians collaborates every year to premiere a new work commissioned for the opening ceremonies of the National Cherry Blossom Festival. Brought together by the Ryuji Ueno Foundation and named after the approximate distance between Washington, DC, and Tokyo, the group consists of musicians Eric Silberger (violin), Shizuka Inoue (violin), Andrew Gonzalez (viola), Clancy Newman (cello), and Ryo Yanagitani (piano).

Ryuji Ueno Foundation and Renwick Gallery presents The 6821 Quintet Lunch time free concert
PROGRAM
Michael Djupstrom: Songs of Spring
(Commissioned by and premiered at the 2016 National Cherry Blossom Festival)
Mamiko Hirai: Portraits of Sakura – our memories of bloom
(Commissioned by and premiered at the 2017 National Cherry Blossom Festival)
Kunihiko Murai: Sakura on the Potomac
(Commissioned by the Ryuji Ueno Foundation and premiered at the 2018 National Cherry Blossom Festival)
Clancy Newman: Cherry Blossom Fantasy
(Commissioned by the Ryuji Ueno Foundation and premiered at the 2019 National Cherry Blossom Festival)

Categories : Performances
Building : Renwick Gallery
Event Location : 2nd Floor, Rubenstein Grand Salon
Co-sponsor : Renwick Gallery
Cost : Free; walk-in