Washington Post Features Czech Composer Srnka, Fama Quartet Called Exceptional!

Czech composer Miroslav Srnka premiered his new piece Engrams, performed by the Fama Quartet, at The Phillips Collection on October 13, 2011. Washington Post critic Stephen Brookes wrote the following: "...the high point of the evening may have been the premiere of Srnka’s fourth quartet, Engrams. Srnka juxtaposed his vocabulary of tremolos and dry scuttlings against simple rising and falling lines throughout the one-movement work, creating an elusive, soft-edged but tangible world — much like memory itself." Click here to read the entire review. The Phillips Collection also recorded a sample of the performance (click here to download) and an interview with Srnka (click here to download).