Attacca String Quartet: La Grand Bellezza. Sunday, September 14, 2025, 3:00pm. Baker Hall, Zoellner Arts Center. The ensemble, winner of two Grammys, performs string quartets by Italians and Italian-Americans. Co-sponsored by Chamber Music Lehigh Valley and the Lehigh Music Department. Music by Salerni, Ippolito, and Verdi. About the Attacca Quartet: "...an ensemble comfortably ensconced in the tradition of classical chamber music, Attacca Quartet (founded at Juilliard in 2003) has programmed 68 Haydn string quartets and all of Beethoven's, had a residency at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, performs at prestigious international venues, etc. And yet, the quartet is also and often wildly unconventional. Funky, even, according to the New York Times.The group played for WQXR's Valentine's Day Classical Beer Jam and NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series. Their website admits to interest in "electronica, video game music, and contemporary collaborations." One such alliance, with Pulitzer-prize-winning composer/violinist/singer Caroline Shaw, resulted in two Grammy awards (2020 and 2023) for best chamber music/small ensemble performance. A metaphor for the ensemble's virtuosic musical melding of past and present may be found in the two instruments violinist Amy Schroeder typically plays: one was created in 1771; the other in 2012. By the way, if the name sounds familiar, violinist Domenic Salerni is the son of composer, conductor, and Lehigh University professor Paul Salerni." Tickets: $25; Free for LU Students. (photo: David Goddard)