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Ott, from Puyallup, will be featured along with Beethoven by the young American quartet, the Chiara, which will also play a date the next night at Chop Suey.
The program for the festival, which runs Jan. 27-30, is an interesting mix, and there's special interest in the short concerts that precede three of the main events.