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Calidore Quartet to play sold-out Fontana concert

WMUK | By Cara Lieurance

Published July 23, 2014 at 10:47 AM EDT

The Calidore Quartet, an award-winning string quartet formed at the Colburn School in California, will perform Thursday, July 24, 2014 at the Fontana summer festival.

Cara Lieurance spoke with Jeremy Berry about the quartet's rapid rise following its gold medal performance at the 2011 Fischoff competition.

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