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The Klein Competition Honors the Alexander String Quartet
The Klein Competition’s benefit event, A String Soirée, will celebrate excellence in classical music and the education and lifting of young artists, especially through awarding the Alexander String Quartet the annual Arts Champion Award for remarkable contributions to both areas. The Quartet has become synonymous with artistic excellence and educational outreach in the Bay Area, with… Continue Reading
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David Sameul on CBS Sunday Morning
Don’t miss this fun segment on the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, which features a fun connection to our own David Samuel! Continue Reading
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The Alexander String Quartet Announces Its Final Season
Founded in New York City in 1981, the Alexander String Quartet established itself as one of the world’s premier ensembles after winning the 1982 Concert Artists Guild Competition and then becoming the first American quartet to win the Wigmore (then Portsmouth) International String Quartet Competition in 1985. After a remarkable 44-year tenure, Spring 2025 will… Continue Reading
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Announcing a new Chamber Music Festival with Crowden Music
The Alexander String Quartet and Crowden Music Center are proud to present an inaugural chamber music festival! The Festival features a chamber music intensive with local young chamber groups from around the Bay Area. To start the 3-day intensive of coaching, masterclasses, open rehearsals and performances, the ASQ will present a festival faculty concert on… Continue Reading
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The Alexander String Quartet Signs With Christina Daysog Concert Artists
The Alexander String Quartet is excited to be joining Christina Daysog Concert Artists for its North American management. Having just released the final volume in its series of Mozart’s Chamber Music, Mozart: String Quintets – Apotheosis, Vol. 3 with founding violist Paul Yarbrough, and just begun its season with new second violinist Yuna Lee, the… Continue Reading
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All About The Arts Praise for Apotheosis Vol. 3
“Divine is an adjective one could comfortably apply to any note of music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ever wrote, especially the six gems that he wrote during the last four years of his life. Divine is also one of many words of praise one could apply unselfconsciously to the exquisite playing of all six Mozart string… Continue Reading
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Announcing Apotheosis, Vol. 3: Mozart – The String Quintets
The Alexander String Quartet is thrilled to announce the continuation of a series of Mozart’s chamber music with Apotheosis, Vol. 3: Mozart – The String Quintets and ASQ’s founding violist Paul Yarbrough. This installment follows the 2018 and 2019 releases of the late string quartets and piano quartets (with Joyce Yang). Both recordings received critical… Continue Reading
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The Alexander String Quartet Announces New Member: Violinist Yuna Lee
As the Alexander String Quartet celebrates its 43rd Season, it welcomes a new member: violinist Yuna Lee. The foursome will then perform at San Francisco Performances’ Gala Concert on Friday, September 29, 2023, 7:00pm at Herbst Theatre, marking the Alexander String Quartet’s 35th Anniversary as the Ensemble-in-Residence with San Francisco Performances. Ms. Lee succeeds Fred Lifsitz, who… Continue Reading
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Remembering Francis Kuttner
We are profoundly saddened to share that violin maker Francis Kuttner, creator of the Ellen M. Egger quartet of instruments and a member of the ASQ family, passed away on June 3, 2023. As we struggle to wrap our heads around this abrupt parting, we are thinking of Francis’s wonderful and close family, as well as his many… Continue Reading
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Announcing “British Invasion”!
On April 7, 2023, the Alexander String Quartet and guitarist William Kanengiser release British Invasion on Foghorn Classics! British Invasion The Alexander String Quartet and guitarist William Kanengiser form a dynamic collaboration that explores the music of Sting, Led Zeppelin, John Dowland and The Beatles by way of contemporary composers Ian Krouse, Dušan Bogdanović and… Continue Reading
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ASQ on KDFC Bay Area Mix
Tune in to San Francisco’s KDFC Radio this Sunday, November 17, at 8 pm Pacific, as Jeffrey Freymann and Robin Pressman broadcast our December 2020 performance of Beethoven’s “Serioso” Quartet. Bay Area Mix highlights Bay Area ensembles. KDFC arts producer, Jeffrey Freymann and Robin Pressman team up to share with you the immediacy of the… Continue Reading
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MusicWeb Names Our Brahms Quartets a Recommended Release!
Our new Brahms: String Quartets recording received a MusicWeb International Recommended distinction and new review from critic Ralph Moore. “The joy of this quartet’s playing is immediately apparent in the ferocious opening movement of the C minor quartet: they play with all the verve, drive and passion you could wish for but never at the… Continue Reading
