a list of recognized string quartets (i.e. groups of musical performers), current or past, in alphabetical order. It does not include the names of musical...
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The Emerson String Quartet, also known as the Emerson Quartet, was an American string quartet initially formed as a student group at the Juilliard School...
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The Hollywood String Quartet (HSQ) was an American string quartet founded by violinist/conductor Felix Slatkin and his wife cellist Eleanor Aller. The...
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onwards wrote string quartets. The associated musical ensemble consists of two violinists, a violist, and a cellist. The string quartet was developed...
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The Juilliard String Quartet (JSQ) is a classical music string quartet founded in 1946 at the Juilliard School in New York by William Schuman and Robert...
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The Amati Quartet was a string quartet, associated with the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The ensemble performed with...
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Borodin Quartet is a string quartet that was founded in 1945 in the then Soviet Union. It is one of the world's longest-lasting string quartets, having...
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Pražák Quartet (in Czech: Pražákovo kvarteto) is a Czech string quartet established in 1974. It is one of the Czech Republic's premiere chamber ensembles. It...
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(emeritus, co-founder) List of string quartet ensembles "San Francisco Performances Celebrates 35 Years With the Alexander String Quartet". "Competition Winners...
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The Kronos Quartet is an American string quartet based in San Francisco. It has been in existence with a rotating membership of musicians for 50 years...
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Allegri String Quartet". Hyperion. Retrieved 20 November 2024. Millington, Barry (2 May 2017). "Allegri Quartet, classical review: The finest of ensembles"....
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The Amadeus Quartet was a string quartet founded in 1947 and disbanded in 1987, having retained its founding members throughout its history. Noted for...
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The St. Lawrence String Quartet (SLSQ) is a Canadian string quartet. In 1989, at The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, violinists Geoff Nuttall...
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The Ébène Quartet (French: Quatuor Ébène) is a French string quartet based in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. Quatuor Ébène was founded in 1999 at the Boulogne-Billancourt...
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The London String Quartet was a string quartet founded in London in 1908 which remained one of the leading English chamber groups into the 1930s, and...
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string quartets are: Opus 127: String Quartet No. 12 in E♭ major (1825) Opus 130: String Quartet No. 13 in B♭ major (1825) Opus 131: String Quartet No...
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The Melos Quartet was a much-recorded, Stuttgart-based string quartet active from 1965 until 2005, when its first violinist died. It also went by the...
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The Bohemian Quartet (Czech: 'České kvarteto'; known as the Czech Quartet after 1918) was a Czech string quartet of international repute that was founded...
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Schuppanzigh Quartet was a string quartet formed in Vienna in the 1790s by the violinist Ignaz Schuppanzigh. It continued, with breaks and changes of membership...
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Vitamin String Quartet (VSQ) is an American musical group from Los Angeles known for its series of tribute albums to rock and pop acts. VSQ is a series of string...
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The Hagen Quartet is an Austrian string quartet founded in 1981 by four siblings, Lukas, Angelika (first replaced by Annette Bik, who was then replaced...
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Quartet was a string quartet founded by Adolf Busch in 1919 that was particularly noted for its interpretations of the Classical and Romantic quartet...
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The Beethoven Quartet (Russian: Струнный квартет имени Бетховена, Strunnyĭ kvartet imeni Betkhovena) was a string quartet founded between 1922 and 1923...
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Lindsay String Quartet (or The Lindsays) was a British string quartet from 1965 to 2005. The quartet first performed at the Royal Academy of Music in...
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The Petersen Quartet was a string quartet founded in 1979 by students at the Hanns Eisler Music Conservatory in Berlin, including founding first violinist...
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Arditti Quartet is a string quartet founded in 1974 and led by the British violinist Irvine Arditti. The quartet is a globally recognized promoter of contemporary...
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The Ysaÿe Quartet (Quatuor Ysaÿe) was a French string quartet that was founded in 1984 by students at the Conservatoire de Paris named after the original...
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The Australian String Quartet (ASQ) is a chamber music group founded in 1985 and based at the University of Adelaide, South Australia. It delivers an artistic...
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The Medici String Quartet was a British string quartet. It was formed in 1971 and active until 2007 when founder and first violin Paul Robertson became...
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Kolisch Quartet was a string quartet musical ensemble founded in Vienna, originally (early 1920s) as the New Vienna String Quartet for the performance of Schoenberg's...
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