The 2023-24 Santa Ynez Valley Concert Series opens Sept. 22 with Quartet Integra, an award-winning string quartet out of Japan. It is the first concert of the 43rd season and features world-renowned musicians.

The program will be at St. Mark’s in-the-Valley, 2901 Nojoqui Ave.

Quartet Integra is an internationally honored string quartet of young artists from the Colburn School. Its members include Kyoka Misawa, violin; Rintaro Kikuno, violin; Itsuki Yamamoto, viola; and Anti Tsukiji, cello.

They will perform the String Quartet No.17 “The Hunt” by Mozart, “La Souris sans Sourire” by Donatoni, and “String Quartet No.1” by Brahms.

Tickets can be purchased at https://smitv.ejoinme.org/SYV-Concert-Series-TicketOrder.
 
Other concerts in the season are:

Sunday, Nov. 19, 4 p.m.
Schubertiade – Part 1
Die Winterreise
Ben Lowe, Baritone
Robert Cassidy, Piano

Sunday, Feb. 18, 4 p.m.
Schubertiade – Part 2
Piano Trio in B-Flat Major, Op. 99
Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 “Trout”
Kristin Lee, violin
Karen Dreyfus, viola
Ani Aznavoorian, cello
Nico Abondolo, double bass
Robert Cassidy, piano 

Tuesday, April 2, 7 p.m.
Concert program to be announced
John Holiday, countertenor 
Kevin Miller, piano

Wednesday, May 22, 7 p.m.
Concert program to be announced
Roger Roe, English horn and oboe
R. Kent Cook, piano

Season and individual concert tickets are on sale. General admission tickets are $25, patron tickets are $50, and student tickets are free.