“deep reserves of virtuosity and irrepressible dramatic instinct.”

new york times

“The players have clearly thought long and hard about these masterpieces of the string quartet repertoire, and they have produced performances that can stand comparison with the best.”

BBC Music Magazine

“Approaching [...] the kind of sublimity other quartets spend a lifetime searching.”

– los angeles times

“This is an ensemble as capable of whipping up storms as enchanting us with breathless moments of utter magic.”

the scotsman

After over a decade of performances and residencies in the world’s most esteemed venues and festivals, the release of numerous critically acclaimed recordings and lauded with significant awards, the Calidore String Quartet is recognized as one of the world’s foremost interpreters of a vast repertory; from the cycles of quartets by Beethoven and Mendelssohn to works of celebrated contemporary voices like Grygory Kurtag, Jörg Widmann and Caroline Shaw.

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October 13, 2024

University of Georgia at Athens

Athens, GA

MONTERO   "Canaima" Piano Quintet
BEETHOVEN  String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18, No. 5
Intermission
SHOSTAKOVICH  Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57

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October 19, 2024
7pm

Los Alamos Concert Association

Duane Smith Auditorium
Los Alamos, NM

MONTERO   "Canaima" Piano Quintet
BEETHOVEN  String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18, No. 5
Intermission
DVOŘÁK  Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81

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October 22, 2024
7:30pm

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Alice Tully Hall
New York, NY

BEETHOVEN   String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18
BEETHOVEN  String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18
BEETHOVEN  String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18

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November 1, 2024

BBC Music

“The works played here reflect the intense experimentalism of Beethoven’s middle years – the leading Viennese critic of the day declared the ‘Razumovskys’ ‘not generally comprehensible’ – and the Calidore Quartet are well up to all the challenges…this album set is highly collectible.”
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