JOE MALIK: THE STRADIVARI QUARTET IN THE HOUSE >>>

Zurich, Switzerland-based Stradivari Quartet will play four pieces on four instruments designed by legendary luthier Anton Stradivari tonight inside the Pantages Theater. The quartet was formed when the Swiss Stradivari Foundation Habisreutinger lent four exceptional Stradivari instruments to four young musicians from Zurich.

The Tacoma Philharmonic welcomes the quartet to the Pantages tonight. Expect pieces by Schubert, Turina, Bartok and Brahms.

[Pantages Theater, Saturday, Oct. 17, 7:30 p.m., $32.50 $62.50, 901 Broadway, Tacoma, 253.591.5894]