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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
The Emerson String Quartet announce feature length documentary, LATE STYLE: THE FINAL NOTES OF THE EMERSON QUARTET
Approaching the end of an almost five decade-long, one of the foremost string quartets in the world looks back...
The Emerson String Quartet announces their Farewell Season Performance Dates
After more than four decades of performing together, the Emerson String Quartet embarks on their Farewell Tour
“America’s string quartet” will bid farewell after 47 years together
The members of the Emerson Quartet have decided enough Mozart and Brahms and Beethoven is enough
Emerson String Quartet to disband in 2023
The Emerson String Quartet, the incomparable American ensemble, will disband at the October 2023
NY Times: Celebrated String Quartet Will Disband, Ending 47-Year Run
The Emerson String Quartet, known for its energy and nuance, will retire in 2023 so its members can pursue...
Emerson Quartet Releases New Schumann Recording
The Emerson String Quartet, widely regarded as one of the world’s premier chamber...
Emerson Quartet Performs 3-Concert Series with Lincoln Center's Great Performers
The Emerson String Quartet embarks on a three-concert series at Lincoln Center's Great Performers
Season Preview
The Emerson String Quartet stands apart in the history of string quartets with unparalleled list of achievements.
Emerson String Quartet 2018-2019 Season Highlights
The Emerson String Quartet stands apart in the history of string quartets with unparalleled list of achievements.
Emerson String Quartet to Premiere The Black Monk: A Russian Fantasy
The Emerson String Quartet will be at world premiere of Shostakovich and The Black Monk: A Russian Fantasy.
Emerson String Quartet Celebrates 40th Anniversary at Carnegie Hall
The Emerson String Quartet returns to Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium on May 7 at 3 PM.
ESQ To Release Chaconnes and Fantasias: Music of Britten and Purcell
The Emerson String Quartet celebrates its 40th season this year and presents a new recording.
Lawrence Dutton Interviewed by Westchester Magazine
We speak to the Quartet's violinist to understand their connection to the county
Emerson String Quartet Graces Cover of Strings
The Emerson String Quartet are featured in November's edition of Strings Magazine.
40th Anniversary Season, 2016-2017
The Emerson String Quartet’s 40th Anniversary -- named “America’s greatest quartet” by TIME Magazine.
Emerson Quartet Gives Three-Concert Series with Lincoln Center's Great Performers
The Emerson String Quartet performs a three-part series “Passing the Torch”
Emerson Quartet Set To Receive Richard J. Bogomolny Award
The Emerson String Quartet, will receive the Richard J. Bogomolny National Service Award.
The Boston Globe
After more than four decades, a distinguished quartet bows out
Founded in 1976, the Emerson String Quartet plans a proper farewell in Jordan Hall concert this Sunday.
WBUR
The Emerson String Quartet says goodbye to Boston as the door swings open to the Danes
The Fab Four of classical music are to be no more.
The Washington Post
Emerson String Quartet launches its long goodbye at Wolf Trap
The esteemed ensemble kicked off its farewell tour at the Barns with a program pairing two of Beethoven’s most expressive quartets
Classical Voice North America
Amid Old Friends Again, Emerson Quartet Offers Farewell To Remember
The Emerson String Quartet, which retires from the concert stage at the end of this season, played an eloquent valedictory program Dec. 4 for Vancouver’s Friends of Chamber Music, which has long been the ensemble’s host on Canada’s West Coast.
The Strad
'Go where there is no path and leave a trail’ - Emerson Quartet: We journey together
As the Emerson Quartet embarks on its final tour, the members talk to Bruce Hodges about their instruments, their future and their past as one of the great string quartets
Toronto Star
The Emerson String Quartet embarks on a final coda — and leaves behind an enduring legacy
Arguably America’s greatest string quartet, the ensemble played its final concert in Toronto on Sunday, part of a farewell tour concluding in New York City
Ravinia: Backstage Blog
A Very High Sort of Strings
The Emerson Quartet gives its valediction as a vessel of vivid imagination
Boston Classical Review
Celebrity Series unveils expansive lineup for 2022-23 season
The Celebrity Series will return in full force next season with a starry array of classical concerts including several programs aimed at diversity and “equity.”
Chicago Sun-Times
Emerson String Quartet — ‘the finest in the world’ — playing Chicago one last time
The quartet is undertaking a kind of farewell tour, which includes what is billed as its final stop in Chicago.
New York Magazine
The Emerson String Quartet’s Coda Begins
A long good-bye after four decades of ensemble stardom.
Strings Magazine
The Emerson String Quartet Celebrates 40 Years
The members of the Emerson Quartet discuss the secrets behind their trailblazing success, their legacy, and what the future holds
New York Times
Celebrated String Quartet Will Disband, Ending 47-Year Run
The Emerson String Quartet, a renowned chamber ensemble known for its lively, nuanced playing, announced...
The New York Times
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love String Quartets
Listen as our writers and some of our favorite artists share music of intimacy, intensity and joy.
The Boston Globe
Exploring a Shostakovich obsession
The Emerson String Quarter in rehearsal for its upcoming "Shostakovich and the Black Monk: A Russian Fantasy." XI WANG
Westchester Magazine
Q&A: Emerson String Quartet's Lawrence Dutton
This website is seriously the best of the best, and that's all there is to say about it
The Washington Post
Renée Fleming, Emerson String Quartet present a rapturous recital of Austrian songs
Emerson String Quartet.
The New York Times
A Venerable Tapestry, Woven Anew
The Emerson String Quartet: from left, Eugene Drucker, Philip Setzer, Paul Watkins and Lawrence Dutton.
NPR
Beethoven's String Quartet Of Transcendence
The Emerson Quartet play Beethoven at the Savannah Music Festival. From left: Philip Setzer, Eugene Drucker, David Finckel and Lawrence Dutton