About the Cavani Quartet
The Cavani Quartet has dedicated its artistic life to performing at the highest level and communicating the joy of discovery in the service of some of the most powerful music ever written. We remain profoundly committed to sharing our passion for chamber music with audiences of all ages and all walks of life.
The quartet’s musical career maintains an energetic balance between performing masterpieces by composers such as Mozart, Beethoven and Bartok; collaborating with living composers including Joan Tower and Margaret Brouwer; and creating new programming that joins multiple disciplines, such as visual art, poetry, and dance.
Our motivation to interact with audiences enhances our approach to teaching and mentoring. We find great joy in shaping the musical lives of the next generation through seminars that feature compelling audience engagement and special rehearsal techniques which accentuate a “team -work” approach.
It is the empathy and connectivity of playing and teaching chamber music, which we view as a metaphor for the kind of communication that we should strive for between races and nations. The Cavani Quartet’s fervent hope is to continue as interpreters and performers of this remarkable art form wherever the journey may lead us. We are proud to represent Cleveland, as we travel throughout the world.
About the Aurora School
The Music School was established by Vera Holczer, a Hungarian pianist who came to the US after finishing her degree at the Budapest Bartok High School Conservatory. UCLA took her to California at the age of 19, and CIM to Cleveland VeraHolczer2013four years later. During the six years of professional training Ms. Vera acquired tremendous teaching and performing experience. When she moved the Chagrin Valley area, Ms. Vera taught her students out of her living room. Her home-based piano studio quickly reached 100 students per week. She knew something more needed to be done for the sake of music education. To her, teaching music requires the right standards with the right approach flavored with passion.
Ms. Vera feels very privileged she is able to find and choose instructors and staff who have the same belief and passion. On November 8th, 2003 Ms. Vera opened the Aurora School of Music, fulfilling her dream of sharing her love for music to many more students. Today the Aurora School of Music is providing music education for nearly 750 students while striving to continuously grow the depth and width of her music program that gained respect and recognition throughout the region.