Biography

Jeffrey Myers  -  violin             
Ryan Meehan  -  violin 
Jeremy Berry  -  viola        
Estelle Choi  -  cello

One of the most exciting ensembles to emerge on the chamber music scene in recent years is the Calidore String Quartet, noted for its fiery brilliance, musicianship, and palpable energy. Formed in 2010 at the prestigious Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles, the Calidore String Quartet has been described as “a miracle of unified thought” (La Presse, Montreal) and as “four highly intelligent, deeply sensitive virtuosos” (Strings magazine). Using an amalgamation of “California” and “doré” (French for “golden”), the ensemble’s name represents a reverence for the diversity of culture and the strong support it received from its home of origin, Los Angeles, California (the “golden state”). The Calidore Quartet, now based in New York City, made international headlines in 2016 as the Grand-Prize winner of the first M-Prize International Chamber Music Competition in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the largest prize for chamber music in the world (U.S. $100,000). The Quartet has served as artist-in-residence at the University of Toronto, University of Michigan, and Stony Brook University; it is currently in residence at the University of Delaware as well as with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Last year the Quartet released the late Beethoven quartets on the Signum Classics label to great critical acclaim. During the current season the complete cycle is scheduled for release. 4th LMMC concert.

Robert Markow

https://www.calidorestringquartet.com/

Notes

Programme notes will be available two weeks before the concert.