The RSO continues its now five year collaboration with The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum with the RSO Quartet in concert on Friday, November 21, 2025 with a program of music inspired by visual art.
The RSO Quartet is comprised of the principal string players of the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra.
Jorge Avila, violin – Mialtin Zhezha, violin – Suzanne Corey-Sahlin, viola – Nicholas Hardie, cello
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RSO QUARTET MEMBERS
RSO Quartet members violinists Jorge Avila and Mialtin Zhezha, violist Suzanne Corey-Sahlin, and cellist Nicholas Hardie are the four principal string players of the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra. These exceptional musicians have performed with orchestras, in chamber groups, and in recitals worldwide. They come together as a quartet to present marvelous, engaging, and fun performances of classical and contemporary chamber music.
PAST CONCERTS
In March of 2025, the Quartet performed a program titled Daylight & Dances at MoCA\CT in Westport, engaging the audience with a wide range of music from a classical string quartet by Haydn to a tango by Carlos Gardel.
Another sold out RSO Quartet performance! The October 2024 performance at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum was inspired by the exhibition Layo Bright: Dawn and Dusk. The program featured pieces by Franz Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Giacomo Puccini and Teresa Carreño. This is the fourth fall in a row the quartet has played for large audiences at The Aldrich with musical programs inspired by current exhibitions of contemporary art!
In March of 2024, the Quartet performed at the Ridgefield Theater Barn, in an intimate setting to an enthusiastic and sold out audience.
In March of 2023, the Quartet performed for a large audience in Newtown at Edmond Town Hall, receiving rave reviews from patrons for their innovative program and exceptional playing!
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Enjoy this selection from the March 2022 RSO Quartet concert at The Aldrich Museum. The musical program – Metaphysical, Celestial, and Transcendent – was inspired by Karla Knight’s exhibition Navigator and included pieces by Schubert, Debussy, Holst, Mozart and Philip Glass.
