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The Harlem Quartet, from left, violinist Ilmar Gavilán, violinist Melissa White, violist Juan Miguel Hernandez, and cellist Paul Wiancko practiced before their performance at Jordan Hall in Boston on Feb. 16, 2012. Paul Wiancko announced to the group last fall that he would be leaving.

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Members of The Harlem Quartet chilled backstage before their performance at the Emerson Umbrella Center for the Arts on April 1, 2012.

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Ilmar Gavilán (violin) played a brief solo during The Harlem Quartet's performance at at the Emerson Umbrella Center for the Arts in Concord.

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The Harlem Quartet greeted the audience before performing at Jordan Hall in Boston on Feb.16, 2012.

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Melissa White practiced before The Harlem Quartet's performance in Boston.

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The Harlem Quartet performed with Chick Corea and Gary Burton at Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood on Aug. 26, 2012.

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Juan Miguel Hernandez practiced in the green room before performing as Melissa White ate.

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Gavilán, White, and Hernandez shared a light moment while they auditioned a potential new cellist (not shown) on March 1, 2012, at the New England Conservatory.

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White, Gavilán, Wiancko, and Hernandez unloaded their equipment from the van in Yellow Springs, Ohio, on March 17, 2012.

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Cellist candidate Matt Zalkind practiced for his audition for the Harlem Quartet at his hotel room in Springfield, Ohio.

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White, cellist candidate Matt Zalkind, Hernandez, and Gavilán played together during the audition.

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Current Harlem Quartet's cellist Paul Wiancko, center, talked to cellist candidate Matt Zalkind (foreground) at a master's class at Antioch College in Ohio on March 17, 2012.