"With musicians like this there must be some hope for humanity."

The Times (London)

“American’s greatest quartet”

TIME Magazine

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.

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The Emerson String Quartet to release their final album Infinite Voyage, on September 8 with Alpha Classics
July 20, 2023

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

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Concerts

September 30, 2023

Middlebury College Farewell Recital

Middlebury Chapel

Middlebury, VT

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

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October 7, 2023

Foundation Louis Vuitton

Paris, France

HINDEMITH: Melancholie RAVEL: String Quartet CHAUSSON: Chanson perpétuelle SCHÖNBERG: Quartett No. 2 for soprano and string quartet

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October 10, 2023

Società del Quartetto di Milano

G. Verdi Conservatory

Milan, Italy

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)

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latest album

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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Feature

August 16, 2023
WCAI Radio

The Emerson String Quartet performing their "Cape Farewell" this week

The group's violist Lawrence Dutton spoke with CAI ahead of the quartet's final performance in Massachusetts.