SUNDAY, JANUARY 24TH AT 4:00PM
GALVIN CELLO QUARTET
ST. PAUL’S BY-THE-SEA EPISCOPAL CHURCH
The brilliant Galvin Cello Quartet returns to BFAS with their always engaging and important performances.
“Some ensembles “have it all”, and the Galvin Cello Quartet is one of those.” (New York Concert Review).
James Baik
Haddon Kay
Sydney Lee
Luiz Fernando Venturelli
The Galvin Cello Quartet explores the limitless range of a cello ensemble by bringing together new works from diverse cultural backgrounds while seeking to establish the cello quartet as a core part of the classical music world.
Praised as a quartet whose “cellists are brilliant instrumentalists and thoughtful musicians individually, but their renditions as a group are glorious,” (Arnold Steinhardt, Guarneri String Quartet) the Galvin Cello Quartet burst onto the scene after capturing the Silver Medal at the 2021 Fischoff Competition. Riding on the momentum of their Fischoff success, Galvin went on to win the 2022 Victor Elmaleh Competition and joined the Concert Artists Guild roster before moving under Dinin Arts’ management in 2026. With members from Brazil, South Korea, and the United States, the Quartet takes its name from the Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, where three of its members – Sydney Lee, Haddon Kay, and Luiz Fernando Venturelli – met as students in the studio of acclaimed pedagogue Hans Jørgen Jensen. In June of 2024, the Quartet welcomed James Baik, another former student of Jensen, as their newest member.
With their untamable desire to create, change, and ultimately bring joy through music, the Galvin Cello Quartet is incredibly excited to make the undeniable case that the cello quartet belongs at the center of the expressive lexicon for chamber music alongside other traditional forms. The group’s vibrant international spirit reflects its artistic mission to bring together new works from diverse cultural backgrounds and dazzle audiences with the cello’s limitless capabilities. Each a true virtuoso with a distinct voice, the members of the Galvin Cello Quartet are able to authentically occupy a wide array of styles, colors and moods, as well as shifting roles within given arrangements. Recent highlights include performances and educational residencies at Rockport Music Festival, Bravo! Vail, Ravinia, Ascent International Cello Festival, Merkin Hall, and a reappearance at Newport Classical.
James Baik
James Baik is a First Prize winner of the 2023 Susan Wadsworth Young Concert Artists International Auditions and recipient of the Paul A. Fish Memorial Prize and the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Prize. He is a YCA Jacobs Fellow and has played chamber music at the Ravinia and Bridgehampton Festivals. He studies at the Colburn School under Clive Greensmith.
Sydney Lee
Sydney Lee captured First Prize at the 2022 Washington International Competition and Second Prize at the Classic Strings International Competition in Dubai, and was the inaugural recipient of Meadowmount School of Music’s Gurrena Fellowship. Recent recital engagements include performances at Carriage House Violins, the Sinebrychoff Museum in Helsinki, Guarneri Hall in Chicago, and the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series. Lee is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and Northwestern University. She is currently pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts degree with Hans Jørgen Jensen.
Haddon Kay
Haddon Kay is a top prize winner at the 2024 George Enescu International Cello Competition and most recently, he was among the seven semifinalists at the 2025 Budapest International Cello Competition. Haddon is a DMA candidate at Northwestern University under the tutelage of Hans Jørgen Jensen. He has also studied with Jens Peter Maintz, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, and Clive Greensmith at the Kronberg Masterclasses and Vivace Music Foundation.
Luiz Fernando Venturelli
Luiz Fernando Venturelli made his solo debut at the São Paulo Hall at the age of 9 and has since been featured as a soloist with numerous orchestras, including the São Paulo State Symphony, the Minas Gerais Philharmonic, and the Bahia Symphony. He has recently been a prizewinner in the Astral Artists Competition, Sphinx Competition, the Samuel and Elinor Thaviu String Competition, and the New York International Artists Association, as well as the 2023 recipient of the Meadowmount School of Music’s Gurrena Fellowship.
Dinin Arts Management & Consulting
Sarah Dinin, Director
845-323-2808
sarah@dininarts.com
SIGNATURE CONCERT SPONSOR
THE TASHER CURRY FAMILY
VISUAL ARTIST
TERESA COOK
POST-CONCERT ARTIST
DINNER SPONSOR
VENUE
St. Paul’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church
465 11th Avenue North
Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250
Doors open at 3:15PM
SUNDAY, JAN. 24 AT 4:00PM
GALVIN CELLO QUARTET
ST. PAUL’S BY-THE-SEA
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
The brilliant Galvin Cello Quartet returns to BFAS with their always engaging and important performances.
SIGNATURE CONCERT SPONSOR
THE TASHER CURRY FAMILY
“Some ensembles “have it all”, and the
Galvin Cello Quartet is one of those.”
(New York Concert Review).
James Baik
Haddon Kay
Sydney Lee
Luiz Fernando Venturelli
The Galvin Cello Quartet explores the limitless range of a cello ensemble by bringing together new works from diverse cultural backgrounds while seeking to establish the cello quartet as a core part of the classical music world.
Praised as a quartet whose “cellists are brilliant instrumentalists and thoughtful musicians individually, but their renditions as a group are glorious,” (Arnold Steinhardt, Guarneri String Quartet) the Galvin Cello Quartet burst onto the scene after capturing the Silver Medal at the 2021 Fischoff Competition. Riding on the momentum of their Fischoff success, Galvin went on to win the 2022 Victor Elmaleh Competition and joined the Concert Artists Guild roster before moving under Dinin Arts’ management in 2026. With members from Brazil, South Korea, and the United States, the Quartet takes its name from the Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, where three of its members – Sydney Lee, Haddon Kay, and Luiz Fernando Venturelli – met as students in the studio of acclaimed pedagogue Hans Jørgen Jensen. In June of 2024, the Quartet welcomed James Baik, another former student of Jensen, as their newest member.
With their untamable desire to create, change, and ultimately bring joy through music, the Galvin Cello Quartet is incredibly excited to make the undeniable case that the cello quartet belongs at the center of the expressive lexicon for chamber music alongside other traditional forms. The group’s vibrant international spirit reflects its artistic mission to bring together new works from diverse cultural backgrounds and dazzle audiences with the cello’s limitless capabilities. Each a true virtuoso with a distinct voice, the members of the Galvin Cello Quartet are able to authentically occupy a wide array of styles, colors and moods, as well as shifting roles within given arrangements. Recent highlights include performances and educational residencies at Rockport Music Festival, Bravo! Vail, Ravinia, Ascent International Cello Festival, Merkin Hall, and a reappearance at Newport Classical.
James Baik
James Baik is a First Prize winner of the 2023 Susan Wadsworth Young Concert Artists International Auditions and recipient of the Paul A. Fish Memorial Prize and the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Prize. He is a YCA Jacobs Fellow and has played chamber music at the Ravinia and Bridgehampton Festivals. He studies at the Colburn School under Clive Greensmith.
Sydney Lee
Sydney Lee captured First Prize at the 2022 Washington International Competition and Second Prize at the Classic Strings International Competition in Dubai, and was the inaugural recipient of Meadowmount School of Music’s Gurrena Fellowship. Recent recital engagements include performances at Carriage House Violins, the Sinebrychoff Museum in Helsinki, Guarneri Hall in Chicago, and the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series. Lee is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and Northwestern University. She is currently pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts degree with Hans Jørgen Jensen.
Haddon Kay
Haddon Kay is a top prize winner at the 2024 George Enescu International Cello Competition and most recently, he was among the seven semifinalists at the 2025 Budapest International Cello Competition. Haddon is a DMA candidate at Northwestern University under the tutelage of Hans Jørgen Jensen. He has also studied with Jens Peter Maintz, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, and Clive Greensmith at the Kronberg Masterclasses and Vivace Music Foundation.
Luiz Fernando Venturelli
Luiz Fernando Venturelli made his solo debut at the São Paulo Hall at the age of 9 and has since been featured as a soloist with numerous orchestras, including the São Paulo State Symphony, the Minas Gerais Philharmonic, and the Bahia Symphony. He has recently been a prizewinner in the Astral Artists Competition, Sphinx Competition, the Samuel and Elinor Thaviu String Competition, and the New York International Artists Association, as well as the 2023 recipient of the Meadowmount School of Music’s Gurrena Fellowship.
Dinin Arts Management
Sarah Dinin, Director
845-323-2808
sarah@dininarts.com
VISUAL ARTIST
TERESA COOK
POST-CONCERT ARTIST
DINNER SPONSOR
VENUE
St. Paul’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church
465 11th Avenue North
Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250
Doors open at 3:15PM