The Aviv String Quartet

The Aviv String Quartet will take center stage at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 26, at UNC Asheville's Lipinsky Auditorium. The performance by the award-winning group is part of the University's year-long Cultural & Special Events Series.

Aviv String Quartet performs annually as the resident quartet at the Upper Galilee Chamber Music Festival at Kfar Blum, as well as major venues throughout Israel. These accomplished performers have made their mark at the Wigmore Hall in London; the Auditorium du Louvre, Theatre de Ville and Theatre du Chatelet in Paris; Carnegie Hall in New York; and the Library of Congress and Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Appearing at notable festivals worldwide, the Aviv String Quartet participated in the Amadeus Quartet summer course at the Royal Academy of Music in London and represented Israel at 1998 Encounters chamber music course in Jerusalem under the direction of Isaac Stern and with members of the Emerson and Juilliard Quartets.

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of UNC Asheville's Center for Jewish Studies, a patron's reception will precede the concert from 6-7:30 p.m. on campus. The reception's guest of honor will be Ambassador Reda Mansour, Israeli Consul General to the Southeastern United States. Patron tickets are $50 and include the reception and reserved seating at the concert.

Co-sponsors for the performance include UNC Asheville's Center for Jewish Studies and the Deutsch family, in memory of Alfred and Bernice Deutsch. Concert proceeds will benefit UNC Asheville's Center for Jewish Studies.

General admission concert tickets are $18 or $6 for all area students. To reserve tickets by phone, call UNC Asheville's Highsmith University Union Box Office at 828/232-5000. Tickets may also be purchased online at www.uncatickets.com. For information about purchasing group tickets, call 828/251-6991.

For more information on this or other events in UNC Asheville's Cultural & Special Events season, call 828/251-6991 or click on www.unca.edu/culturalarts/.