“American’s greatest quartet”
The Emerson String Quartet has maintained its status as one of the world’s premier chamber music ensembles for more than four decades. The Quartet has made more than 30 acclaimed recordings, and has been honored with nine GRAMMYs® (including two for Best Classical Album), three Gramophone Awards, the Avery Fisher Prize, and Musical America’s “Ensemble of the Year” award. They have worked with some of today’s most esteemed composers to premiere new works, and have partnered with soloists such as Renée Fleming, Barbara Hannigan, Evgeny Kissin, Emanuel Ax, and Yefim Bronfman, to name a few.
News
The Emerson String Quartet to release their final album Infinite Voyage, on September 8 with Alpha Classics
Evoking the lifelong journey for the four musicians and their lasting friendship with Hannigan
Concerts
Middlebury College Farewell Recital
Middlebury Chapel
Walker: Lyric for Strings Snider: Drink the Wild Ayre Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 12 in D-flat Major, op. 133 Ravel: String Quartet in F Major
Foundation Louis Vuitton
HINDEMITH: Melancholie RAVEL: String Quartet CHAUSSON: Chanson perpétuelle SCHÖNBERG: Quartett No. 2 for soprano and string quartet
Società del Quartetto di Milano
G. Verdi Conservatory
Schoenberg: Quartet No. 2 in F sharp minor op. 10 Beethoven: Quartet No. 13 in B flat major op. 130 (with Grand Fugue in B flat major op. 133 as finale)
Infinite Voyage
After 47 years of award-winning music-making, the Emerson String Quartet will disband in October 2023 and will release their final album Infinite Voyage on September 8 with soprano, Barbara Hannigan. The album evokes the lifelong journey for the four musicians and their lasting friendship with Hannigan. Joined by Bertrand Chamayou, the record features Schoenberg's Quartet No. 2 for soprano and string quartet alongside works by Hindemith, Berg, and Chausson's Chanson perpétuelle.
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