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The Fine Arts Quartet – Complete Mozart String Quintets & Beethoven Early Quartets

May 17 | 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

The Fine Arts Quartet stand while holding their stringed instruments on a concert hall stage.

Date & Time
Sunday, May 17, 2026 (3–4:30 p.m.)
Pre-talk (2 p.m.)

Location
Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall

Renowned violinists, Ralph Evans and Efim Boico, have performed with the Quartet for over 40 years. Joined in 2018 by two eminent musicians, violist Gil Sharon (founder of the Amati Ensemble) and cellist Niklas Schmidt (co-founder of Trio Fontenay), they will perform an ambitious program in May of twelve masterworks revealing the Fine Arts Quartet’s classical music legacy.

Celebrating 80 Years – Festival Events

Pre-talks begin one hour prior to each program (except May 19)

Sunday, May 17 at 3:00 PM – Guest Violist, Hartmut Rohde
UWM Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) – String Quartet in A Major, Op. 18, No. 5
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) – String Quintet in C Major, KV 515

Tuesday, May 19 at 7:30 PM – Guest Violist, Hartmut Rohde
Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church, 914 E. Knapp St.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) – String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) – String Quintet in B-Flat Major, KV 174

Thursday, May 21 at 7:30 PM – Guest Violist, Hartmut Rohde
UWM Recital Hall (near Arts Center Lecture Hall), 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) – String Quartet in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) – String Quintet in D Major, KV 593

Tuesday, May 26 at 7:30 PM – Guest Violist, Razvan Popovici 
UWM Recital Hall (near Arts Center Lecture Hall), 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) – String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 18, No. 6
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) – String Quintet in E-Flat Major, KV 614

Thursday, May 28 at 7:30 PM – Guest Violist, Razvan Popovici 
UWM Recital Hall (near Arts Center Lecture Hall), 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) – String Quartet in D Major, Op. 18, No. 3
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) – String Quintet in C Minor, KV 406

Sunday, May 31 at 3:00 PM – Guest Violist, Razvan Popovici
UWM Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) – String Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) – String Quintet in G Minor, KV 516

A part of the Fine Arts Quartet Festival which is FREE & open to the public. Sponsored by the Friends of the Fine Arts Quartet & over 150 community donors in collaboration with Create Wisconsin and UW-Milwaukee’s Peck School of the Arts.
This event is presented by a community arts organization. While we are delighted to host and support our creative neighbors, Peck School of the Arts is not responsible for the content of this production. We share this listing in the spirit of collaboration among the artistic community.

Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Bader Hall

2419 E. Kenwood Blvd.
Milwaukee, WI 53211