“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
Announcing the Final Farewell concerts: October 21-22, 2023
The Emerson String Quartet will say goodbye to their listeners on October 22, 2023, from the CMS of Lincoln Center stage
Concerts
Société des Concerts de Fribourg
Salle Aula Magna
Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 1 in E flat major, op. 12 Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 in B flat major, op. 67 Intermission Dvorak: String Quartet No. 14 in A flat major, op. 105
Theater Casino Zug
Festsaal
Martina Hunziker in conversation with Eugene Drucker and Philip Setzer (in German) -- Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 12 Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat Major, Op. 67 Intermission Dvorak: String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat Major, Op. 105
Conservatoire de Musique de Geneve
Conservatory of Geneva
Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E flat major, op. 12 Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 in B flat major, op. 67 Dvořák: String Quartet No. 14 in A flat major, Op. 105, B 193
Schumann: String Quartets
The Emerson String Quartet makes its PENTATONE debut with a recording of Schumann’s three string quartets.
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