A Century of Reinvention

Spread over two concerts, this survey of landmark 20th-century string quartets gives students and audiences a rare opportunity to explore groundbreaking works by six venerated composers, each of whom expanded the language of the string quartet.

Free, no tickets required.

Part One – April 27 at 4 p.m.

Webern: Fünf Sätze, Op. 5
Lun Li, violin
Pablo Muñoz Salido (’18), violin
Kathryn Epperson, viola
Albert Seo, cello

Berg: Lyric Suite
Takumi Taguchi, violin
EunSeo Lee, violin
SoHui Yun, viola
Jiayin He, cello

Schoenberg: Quartet No. 2, Op. 10
Sophia Hunt, soprano
Seula Lee, violin
Maya Buchanan, violin
Grace Takeda, viola
Young In Na, cello 

Part Two – April 27 at 8 p.m.

Britten: Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36
Emily Shehi, violin
Jenny Yeyeong Jin, violin
Cara Pogossian, viola
Joshua Halpern, cello

Ligeti: Quartet No. 1 (“Métamorphoses Nocturnes”)
Emma Carina Meinrenken, violin
Hana Chang, violin
Beatrice Chen, viola
John Lee, cello

Dutilleux: Ainsi la nuit
Tsutomu William Copeland, violin
Haram Kim, violin
Keigo Suzuki, viola
Francis Carr, cello