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ALBUMTerra Incognita - EPEscher String Quartet
Albums by Escher String Quartet
ALBUMJanáček & Haas: String QuartetsEscher String Quartet
ALBUMP. Jalbert: Air in MotionEscher String Quartet & Carol Wincenc
ALBUMBarber & Ives: String QuartetsEscher String Quartet
ALBUMDanceJason Vieaux & Escher String Quartet
ALBUMDvořák: String Quartet No. 12 - Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1 - Borodin: String Quartet No. 2Escher String Quartet
ALBUMMendelssohn: String Quartets Nos. 5 & 6Escher String Quartet
ALBUMMusic@Menlo LIVE: Schubert, Vol. 5Escher String Quartet
ALBUMMendelssohn: String Quartets Nos. 2 & 3Escher String Quartet
ALBUMMendelssohn: String QuartetsEscher String Quartet
ALBUMZemlinsky: String Quartets, Vol. 2Escher String Quartet
Artist Biography
The Escher String Quartet, based in New York, is a leading chamber ensemble that has fulfilled the promise implied by its high-profile backers in its first years. The quartet is named for artist M.C. Escher, asserting that it was "inspired by Escher's method of interplay between individual components working together to form a whole." The Escher String Quartet issued a cycle of Mendelssohn's string quartets in 2015. In 2018, an album appeared featuring string quartets by Dvořák, Borodin, and Tchaikovsky. The Escher String Quartet joined guitarist Jason Vieaux for the album Dance in 2019, and a recording of the Barber and Ives string quartets followed in 2021. As of that year, the group was quartet-in-residence at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and at the Tuesday Musical chamber series in Akron, Ohio.
Hometown
New York, NY, United States
Genre
Classical