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2019-2020 SEASON (SHORTENED)

•THE BEAUTIFULLY-TONED BENNEWITZ QUARTET CARRY ON A CZECH TRADITION

Bennewitz Quartet

2018-2019 SEASON

•THE PRAZAK AND ZEMLINSKY QUARTETS COME TOGETHER FOR A SPECIAL CONCERT

Pražák and Zemlinsky String Quartets

•A STRIKING VANCOUVER DEBUT FOR THE EHNES QUARTET

Ehnes Quartet

2017-2018 SEASON

•THE SZYMANOWSKI QUARTET FINDS STRENGTH AND BEAUTY IN MOZART’S STRING QUINTETS

Szymanowski Quartet, Richard O’Neill

•THE TAKACS QUARTET BRING GREAT THOUGHT TO MENDELSSOHN AND SHOSTAKOVICH

Takács Quartet

•‘MUSIC AS INTIMATE CONVERSATION’: THE ZENITH OF THE BORODIN QUARTET

Borodin Quartet

2016-2017 SEASON

•THE TAKACS QUARTET RETURNS TO BEETHOVEN

Takács Quartet

•THE ESCHER QUARTET FINDS WARMTH AND FEELING IN SCHOENBERG

Escher Quartet

2015-2016 SEASON

•THE TAKACS QUARTET EXTEND THEIR LEGACY WITH A MAGNIFICENT SHOSTAKOVICH

Takács Quartet

•THE MANDELRING QUARTETT PLAY BERTHOLD GOLDSCHMIDT

Mandelring Quartett

•THE EMERSON QUARTET GIVE INTRIGUINGLY FRESH HAYDN AND BARTOK

Emerson Quartet

•TRIO SHAHAM-EREZ-WALLFISCH IMPRESS WITH THEIR MUSICALITY AND SPIRIT

Trio Shaham-Erez-Wallfisch

•THE DOVER QUARTET RIDES EVEN HIGHER

Dover Quartet

•THE PAVEL HAAS QUARTET MOVES TO ASTONISHING LEVELS

Pavel Haas Quartet

2014-2015 SEASON

•‘A JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME’: THE BORODIN QUARTET GIVE A MASTERLY ACCOUNT OF THE COMPLETE SHOSTAKOVICH QUARTETS

Borodin Quartet

•CANADA’S ‘ALL-STAR’ OCTET TAKES ON MASTERPIECES OF BEETHOVEN AND SCHUBERT

Octagon Octet

•THE PRAZAK QUARTET PUSH FORWARD THE SPIRIT OF A CZECH TRADITION

Prazak Quartet

•THE PACIFICA QUARTET PLAYS SHOSTAKOVICH

Pacifica Quartet

•A CELEBRATED BEETHOVEN AND AN EXPLORATORY MOZART FROM THE TAKACS QUARTET

Takacs Quartet

•REVIEW: HOW FAR HAS THE 'NEW' EMERSON QUARTET PROGRESSED?

Emerson Quartet

2013-2014 SEASON

•THE VOGLER QUARTET VISITS THE ‘DARKER SIDE’

Ian Parker, Vogler Quartet

•THE BRAHMS FESTIVAL WITH THE JERUSALEM QUARTET

Jerusalem Quartet,  Inon Barnatan, Hsin-Yun Huang, Sharon Kam

•THE EBENE QUARTET’S MAGNIFICENT DEBUT

Ebène Quartet

•AN INSPIRED PROGRAMME FROM THE SZYMANOWSKI QUARTET

Szymanowski Quartet

•ANOTHER GEM FROM THE TAKACS QUARTET

Takacs Quartet

2012-2013 SEASON

•THE LINK WITH THE PAST

Borodin Quartet, Smetana Trio

•A SUNDAY FESTIVAL AT THE PLAYHOUSE

Han-Finkel-Setzer Trio

•A RICH PROGRAMME FROM THE TAKACS QUARTET

Takacs Quartet

•THE RETURN OF THE PAVEL HAAS QUARTET

Pavel Haas Quartet

•THE FORGOTTEN PIANO QUINTET OF CESAR FRANCK

Kopelman Quartet, Elizaveta Kopelman

2011-2012 SEASON

•EXCITING CHAMBER MUSIC FROM BRAZIL, FRANCE AND POLAND

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Centre, Szymanowski Quartet, Mandelring Quartet/Katarzyna Mycka

•SUPREME INSPIRATION FROM THE TOKYO QUARTET

Tokyo String Quartet

•A VISIT FROM THE ACADEMY

The Academy of St. Martins-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble

2010-2011 SEASON

•A SCHUBERTIAN JOURNEY

Han-Finkel-Setzer Trio

•THE SPIRIT OF CZECH CHAMBER MUSIC: REVIEW ARTICLE

Prazak Quartet/Menahem Pressler, Pavel Haas Quartet

•THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE EMERSONS

Emerson String Quartet

•INSPIRED CHAMBER MUSIC FROM NEW YORK

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Centre

•A BREAKTHROUGH FOR THE BRENTANO

Brentano String Quartet

•REVISITING 'OLD WORLD' CHAMBER MUSIC

Kopelman String Quartet

•INTENSE MUSIC MAKING FROM THE TAKACS

Takacs String Quartet

2009-2010 SEASON

•THE EMERSON QUARTET AFTER 30 YEARS

Emerson String Quartet

•RETHINKING ROMANTIC CHAMBER MUSIC

Trio Jean Paul

•A YOUNG QUARTET WITH GREAT POTENTIAL

Szymanowski Quartet

2008-2009 SEASON

•THE IMAGE OF THE STRING QUARTET

Emerson Quartet, Quatuor Mosaiques