Juilliard String Quartet

 

The Juilliard String Quartet remains the standard by which all other quartets must be judged.
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The Juilliard String Quartet is internationally renowned and admired for performances characterized by a clarity of structure, beauty of sound, purity of line and an extraordinary unanimity of purpose. Celebrated for its performances of works by composers as diverse as Beethoven, Schubert, Bartók and Carter, it has long been recognized as the quintessential American string quartet.

In the 2007/08 season, the Juilliard String Quartet offers special programming in recognition of Elliott Carter's 100th birthday — a composer with whom they've had a long and remarkable collaboration. As ardent advocates of Carter's complex and visionary string quartets, the Juilliard's landmark recording of Quartets Nos. 1 - 4 was released by Sony in 1991. This season they perform his String Quartet No. 2 and partake in celebrations of his work at the Ravinia Festival. They also tour to California, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Washington DC. Abroad, the Juilliard Quartet embarks on another extensive tour across Europe with stops in the Netherlands and Paris, and returns to Japan for the Mizyaki Festival.