Musical worlds collide at Spoleto Festival USA Chamber Music Series
MAY 24, 2024, CHARLESTON
by Bradley Fuller, South Carolina Public Radio
“Music, cellist and composer Paul Wiancko seeks a meeting place of "musical universes" at Charleston's Dock Street Theatre.
Paul Wiancko has been an integral part of the Spoleto Festival USA Chamber Music Series for the past several years, sharing his talents as both a featured performer and composer-in-residence. And now, the cellist who joined the boundary-breaking Kronos Quartet just last year, is stepping into his first season as Spoleto Festival’s Director of Chamber Music.
Wiancko is the one who puts it all together—coordinating over 20 world class musicians coming to Charleston’s Dock Street Theatre for 11 unique programs, each performed three times. But as Wiancko told Sonatas and Soundscapes host Bradley Fuller, the musical magic that happens at Dock Street isn’t about imposing his vision as much as it is putting perspectives and voices into dialogue with each other—in letting musical worlds collide…”