Santa Fe Pro Musica begins its String Works Series at 3 p.m. Oct. 23 at St. Francis Auditorium (107 W. Palace Ave. in Santa Fe) with the Quartetto Di Cremona. The program includes works by Boccherini, Verdi, Puccini and Respighi.  

This Italian ensemble performs an all-Italian program on rare Italian instruments from the 17th and 18th centuries. Quartetto Di Cremona has performed at international music festivals including Beethovenfest (Bonn), Bozar Festival (Brussels), Festival of Turku (Finland), Kammermusik Gemeinde (Hannover), Perth Festival (Australia), and in the world’s great concert halls including the Konzerthaus in Berlin and Wigmore Hall in London. They won the Franco Gulli Award (2002), Borletti–Buitoni Fellowship (2005), ECHO Klassik (2017, Germany), and the International Classical Music Award (2018).