Congratulations to Michael Ippolito, winner of our 2019 Call for Scores! Michael's String Quartet No. 3 “Songlines” is a deeply moving work that draws on elements of nature, creation and ancient Australian Aboriginal spirituality. In Michael’s words, the quartet explores humanity’s “nomadic past, the nature of restlessness and the poetry and universal appeal of ancient animist beliefs.” To learn more about Michael,

BBC Music Magazine has named our album of Haydn, Ravel and Stravinsky quartets the “Chamber Choice” for the December issue, with a glowing Double 5-Star review!

“Everything appears to evolve naturally out of what has gone before with a radiant warmth and affection that proves increasingly contagious on repeated listening.”

Congratulations to Steven Snowden, winner of our 2017 Call for Scores! Steven's quartet, Appalachian Polaroids, is a striking single-movement work that draws inspiration from folk songs and fiddling of Appalachia and incorporates a 1976 field recording of Sheila Kay Adams singing Black is the Color in Asheville, NC.

September 25, 2017— New York based Tesla Quartet first performed on the Bing Concert Hall stage during the 2017 St. Lawrence String Quartet Chamber Music Seminar at Stanford.  As winners of the 2017 John Lad Prize, they will return next season to perform as guests of Stanford Live.  

As we approach the start of a new concert season, we thought we'd share a few highlights from this summer's activities. In June, we spent a week at Stanford University as part of the St. Lawrence String Quartet Seminar. We had a great time performing with the St. Lawrence Quartet in a Sinfonia by CPE Bach and the Mendelssohn Octet, and we had the opportunity to work with the wonderful Osvaldo Golijov, whose Tenebrae we'll be performing later this season. We're looking forward to returning to Stanford this fall for a residency in their Emerging String Quartet Program.