The Escher String Quartet has received acclaim for its expressive,
nuanced performances that combine unusual textural clarity with a
rich, blended sound. A former BBC New Generation Artist, the quartet
has performed at the BBC Proms at Cadogan Hall and is a regular guest
at Wigmore Hall. In its home town of New York, the ensemble serves as
Season Artists of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, where
it has presented the complete Zemlinsky Quartets Cycle as well as
being one of five quartets chosen to collaborate in a complete
presentation of Beethoven’s string quartets. Last season, the
quartet toured with CMS to China. Within months of its inception in
2005, the ensemble came to the attention of key musical figures
worldwide. Championed by the Emerson Quartet, the Escher Quartet was
invited by both Pinchas Zukerman and Itzhak Perlman to be Quartet in
Residence at each artist’s summer festival: the Young Artists
Programme at Canada’s National Arts Centre; and the Perlman Chamber
Music Programme on Shelter Island, NY. Joined on stage by 100
anniversary artistic advisor David Finckel, cello, for Schubert’s
Quintet in C Major D. 956, the energetic quartet also pays homage the
first Concert Series in 1920 with Kreisler’s Quartet in A Minor.
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