Biography

Joel Link  -  violin
Brian Lee  -  violin
Julianne Lee  -  viola
Camden Shaw  -  cello

The two-time GRAMMY-nominated Dover Quartet is one of the most in-demand chamber ensembles in the world. This American ensemble came together at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia in 2008. Its members are graduates of that august institution and of Rice University in Houston. The name comes from the title of a work (Dover Beach) by Samuel Barber, who was closely associated with Curtis. The Dover Quartet was appointed to the faculty of the Curtis Institute as the Penelope P. Watkins ensemble-in-residence in 2020. BBC Music Magazine named the Dover Quartet one of the greatest string quartets of the last 100 years. Its awards include a stunning sweep of all prizes at the 2013 Banff International String Quartet Competition, grand and first prizes at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, and prizes at the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition. The Strad hailed the Dover’s recordings of the complete Beethoven quartets as “meticulously balanced, technically clean-as-a-whistle and intonationally immaculate.” Additional recordings include Encores, a recording of ten popular movements from the string quartet repertory, the three Schumann Quartets (nominated for a GRAMMY), Voices of Defiance: 1943, 1944, 1945, and an all-Mozart program. LMMC debut.

Robert Markow

https://www.doverquartet.com/

Notes

Programme notes will be available two weeks before the concert.