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Pulling Strings (from Shaker Life magazine)

As the world-famous Cavani String Quartet celebrates its silver anniversary, the all-women group – three of whom are Shaker residents – has entered into community partnerships with Shaker Heights. BY SUE STARRETT PHOTOS BY JANET CENTURY Shaker Heights is something of an artists’ haven, offering creative people a welcoming community …

Cavani Presents Groundbreaking Management Strategies

To illustrate the importance of team dynamics, John Paul Stephens, PhD, invited an unusual group of guests to his class on Managing Organizations and People (MGMT 250). The Cavani String Quartet, ensemble-in-residence at the Cleveland Institute of Music, led the class in a series of exercises designed to promote communication …

Cavani Wins Guarneri Prize

Cavani Quartet receives Guarneri Quartet award for a second time! As the top-ranked string quartet applicant to the Residency Partnership Program, the Cavani Quartet will receive Chamber Music America’s annual Guarneri String Quartet Residency Award, made possible by a generous gift from the Sewell Family Foundation. The Cavani Quartet was …

Quartet Breaks Boundaries with Bartók

“Over the last two years, the Cavani Quartet dedicated itself to Beethoven, first through the Beethoven & Brotherhood Project in local libraries and then through the Complete Beethoven Cycle here at CIM. Living and breathing the Beethoven String Quartet Cycle is something that every great ensemble aspires to do over …

‘Collage’ Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Through Poetry, Song

Last night the words and spirit of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. filled the African Community Theatre in Oscar Ritchie for the concert “Collage: Poetry and Music.” The concert was the Center of Pan-African Culture and the Department of Pan-African Studies’ annual program to celebrate the impact of King. …

Cavani Interviewed for the American Suzuki Journal

“It was a pleasure to interview the Cavani String Quartet for the SAA Board’s series “Meet Our Honorary Board Members.” We had an engaging hour filled with intellectual conversation, passion towards music and music education, as well as tons of laughter. This is a quartet that lives its craft in …

Perlman Praises Cavani

When you have a group that makes children enthusiastic about music in general, and string quartets in particular, they must be doing something right. The Cavanis are that kind of group. I have seen them in action and was very impressed. Hooray for the Cavani Quartet! – Itzhak Perlman