On Saturday, June 22 from noon to 1 p.m., the free admission Edendale Up Close Concerts will feature the Fiato Quartet performing the Ives “String Quartet No. 1” and the Tschaikovsky “String Quartet No. 1.” The concert takes place in the community room at Edendale Branch Library (LAPL) in Echo Park, 2011 W. Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles.

For information, call (213) 207-3000 or visit http://edendaleupclose.blogspot.com.

The Fiato Quartet was formed in 2008. The members of Fiato – Carrie Kennedy and Ina Veli, violins, Aaron Oltman, viola and Ryan Sweeney, cello – hold degrees in music performance from the Colburn School, University of Southern California, New England Conservatory, Rice University, Northwestern University, and the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

The musicians of Fiato currently have active concert careers throughout Southern California. They are members of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Pasadena Symphony, Long Beach Symphony, Santa Barbara Symphony, Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, New West Symphony and Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra.

Fiato has performed on many chamber music series in the Los Angeles area including The Music Guild, South Bay Chamber Music Society, South Pasadena Library’s Restoration Concert Series, LA Musical Salon, UCLA’s Henry Bruman Chamber Music Festival, Magical Music at the Mill, Brand Associates Music Series, Westwood Public Library series, Edendale Up Close, Live at the Lounge, Glendale’s Music at Noon, LA City College’s Music 152, Pasadena Presbyterian’s Music at Noon, Music at Mimoda, Huntington Garden’s “Music in the Rose Garden,” and the Wine and Wheels series. In August 2012, Fiato toured Costa Rica as part of the Festival De Musica Credomatic with performances in Guanacaste, San Jose, Hacienda Pinilla, and Villa Caletas. As of 2012, Fiato Quartet is an official ensemble of the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.

In addition to the standard quartet repertoire, Fiato has a passion for new music. Over the years its musicians premiered 10 new string quartets by local composers, including works by Julia Adolphe and Adam Schoenberg.

Each member of Fiato brings a unique set of experiences and training to the ensemble, having studied with the Tokyo, Takacs, Guarneri, American, Miami and Emerson quartets. The Fiato Quartet has come together out of a love for chamber music and a common goal to share this passion with others through both formal and outreach concerts.