[Voxnovus] Composer's Voice features Matthew Hetz - May 13, 2023 - 2:00 PM EDT (UTC-4)

[New Voice in New Music]

Composer's Voice features Matthew Hetz with Argus Quartet performing his 
work
"String Quartet No. 4 Blue" On Manhattan Neighborhood Network's 
Lifestyle Channel 2
https://www.youtube.com/live/atnY60XZEkM

This episode of Composer's Voice features composer LosAngeles composers 
Matthew Hetz and  theArgus Quartet performing his work "Blue". Argus 
Quartet is a "vivacious foursome" (The New Yorker) is committed to 
bringing thoughtful and personal programs to both seasoned listeners and 
audiences new to classical music. The quartet enjoys projects that 
celebrate collaboration, community, and risk-taking in venues of all 
shapes and sizes.  Member of the quartet include: Clara Kim, violin; 
Giancarlo Latta, violin; Maren Rothfritz, viola; and Mariel Roberts, 
cello. This performance is part of a special program from Vox Novus 
called Contemporary Quartets.

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https://www.youtube.com/live/atnY60XZEkM

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Matthew Hetz, a Los Angeles native, began piano lessons at age 16 whose 
primary teachers were Marlene Kendall and Howard Weisel, both students 
of Jakob Gimpel. He began playing the violin at age 23-he is primarily 
self-taught. Hetz studied composition with Marshall Bialovsky at Cal 
StateDominguez Hills, from which he graduated Cum Laude. His works have 
been performed throughout Los Angeles and nationwide, including Hetz 
performing hispiano works at NACUSA concerts at Hollywood Piano Company, 
Burbank; andSteinway Piano Gallery, Beverly Hills. Hetz is an instructor 
at Emeritus/SantaMonica College. He is past president/executive director 
of the Culver CitySymphony Orchestra/Marina del Rey Symphony, and also 
plays in the orchestra. He is an environmental and mass transit 
advocate. In 2021 Parma Records released the CD, Moto Eterno, with Trio 
Casals, with Hetz’s work for cello and piano, “SarajevoCello,” on the 
CD. The work was reviewed in Gramophone by Guy Rickards-"Sarajevo 
Cellist by Matthew Hetz, its driving momentum is gripping,"and Jazz 
Mania- “It opens with the magnificent “Sarajevo Cellist” by a 
certainMatthew Hetz who is unknown to me."

Other works can be found at matthewhetz.com

String Quartet No. 4 Blue 2022 by Matthew Hetz
In my older years I am drawn increasingly towards tonality. For some 
reason Iassociate colors with key signatures-synesthesia. While this is 
very personal, and highly subjective, for me, A Major is Blue, and this 
string quartet is basically in A Major. This work could be a bright 
blue.