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Pacifica Quartet

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Concerto for Violin, Piano & String Quartet in D Major, Op. 21: II. SicilienneRachel Barton Pine, Pacifica Quartet & Orion Weiss

Listen to Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115: II. Adagio by Anthony McGill & Pacifica Quartet, see lyrics, music video & more!

Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115: II. AdagioAnthony McGill & Pacifica Quartet

Listen to Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115: I. Allegro by Anthony McGill & Pacifica Quartet, see lyrics, music video & more!

Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115: I. AllegroAnthony McGill & Pacifica Quartet

Listen to Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581: I. Allegro by Anthony McGill & Pacifica Quartet, see lyrics, music video & more!

Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581: I. AllegroAnthony McGill & Pacifica Quartet

Listen to Concerto for Violin, Piano & String Quartet in D Major, Op. 21: III. Grave by Rachel Barton Pine, Pacifica Quartet & Orion Weiss, see lyrics, music video & more!

Concerto for Violin, Piano & String Quartet in D Major, Op. 21: III. GraveRachel Barton Pine, Pacifica Quartet & Orion Weiss

Listen to Concerto for Violin, Piano & String Quartet in D Major, Op. 21: IV. Très animé by Rachel Barton Pine, Pacifica Quartet & Orion Weiss, see lyrics, music video & more!

Concerto for Violin, Piano & String Quartet in D Major, Op. 21: IV. Très animéRachel Barton Pine, Pacifica Quartet & Orion Weiss

Listen to Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581: III. Menuetto by Anthony McGill & Pacifica Quartet, see lyrics, music video & more!

Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581: III. MenuettoAnthony McGill & Pacifica Quartet

Listen to Concerto for Violin, Piano & String Quartet in D Major, Op. 21: I. Décidé by Rachel Barton Pine, Pacifica Quartet & Orion Weiss, see lyrics, music video & more!

Concerto for Violin, Piano & String Quartet in D Major, Op. 21: I. DécidéRachel Barton Pine, Pacifica Quartet & Orion Weiss

Listen to Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115: III. Andantino by Anthony McGill & Pacifica Quartet, see lyrics, music video & more!

Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115: III. AndantinoAnthony McGill & Pacifica Quartet

Listen to Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115: IV. Con moto by Anthony McGill & Pacifica Quartet, see lyrics, music video & more!

Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115: IV. Con motoAnthony McGill & Pacifica Quartet

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Listen to French Impressions by Rachel Barton Pine, Pacifica Quartet & Orion Weiss

ALBUMFrench ImpressionsRachel Barton Pine, Pacifica Quartet & Orion Weiss

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Listen to River of Fire by Cavatina Duo & Pacifica Quartet

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ALBUMAmerican VoicesPacifica Quartet, Uniting Voices & Josephine Lee

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ALBUMContemporary VoicesOtis Murphy & Pacifica Quartet

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Listen to Brahms: Piano Quintet, Op. 34 - Schumann: String Quartet, Op. 41 No. 1 by Pacifica Quartet & Menahem Pressler

ALBUMBrahms: Piano Quintet, Op. 34 - Schumann: String Quartet, Op. 41 No. 1Pacifica Quartet & Menahem Pressler

Listen to Leo Ornstein: Piano Quintet & String Quartet No. 2 by Marc-André Hamelin & Pacifica Quartet

ALBUMLeo Ornstein: Piano Quintet & String Quartet No. 2Marc-André Hamelin & Pacifica Quartet

Listen to Mozart & Brahms: Clarinet Quintets by Anthony McGill & Pacifica Quartet

ALBUMMozart & Brahms: Clarinet QuintetsAnthony McGill & Pacifica Quartet

Listen to The Soviet Experience, Vol. 4: String Quartets of Dmitri Shostakovich and His Contemporaries by Pacifica Quartet

ALBUMThe Soviet Experience, Vol. 4: String Quartets of Dmitri Shostakovich and His ContemporariesPacifica Quartet

Listen to The Soviet Experience, Vol. 3 by Pacifica Quartet

ALBUMThe Soviet Experience, Vol. 3Pacifica Quartet

Listen to The Soviet Experience, Vol. 2 by Pacifica Quartet

ALBUMThe Soviet Experience, Vol. 2Pacifica Quartet

Listen to The Soviet Experience, Volume 1: String Quartets By Dimitri Shostakovich and His Comtemporaries by Pacifica Quartet

ALBUMThe Soviet Experience, Volume 1: String Quartets By Dimitri Shostakovich and His ComtemporariesPacifica Quartet

Listen to Carter: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 2 by Pacifica Quartet

ALBUMCarter: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 2Pacifica Quartet

Listen to Carter: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 5 by Pacifica Quartet

ALBUMCarter: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 5Pacifica Quartet

Listen to Crawford - Hindemith - Janacek: String Quartets by Pacifica Quartet

ALBUMCrawford - Hindemith - Janacek: String QuartetsPacifica Quartet

Listen to Blackwood: String Quartet Nos. 1-3 by Pacifica Quartet

ALBUMBlackwood: String Quartet Nos. 1-3Pacifica Quartet

Listen to Dvorak: String Quartet In G Major - String Quintet In e Flat Major by Pacifica Quartet & Michael Tree

ALBUMDvorak: String Quartet In G Major - String Quintet In e Flat MajorPacifica Quartet & Michael Tree

Listen to Mendelssohn: the Complete String Quartets by Pacifica Quartet

ALBUMMendelssohn: the Complete String QuartetsPacifica Quartet

About Pacifica Quartet

Hometown

United States of America

Formed

1994

Genre

Classical

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Based in Bloomington, Indiana, the Pacifica Quartet is a leading American chamber ensemble. The Pacifica Quartet was formed in southern California in 1994. As of the mid-2020s, its members were violinists Simin Ganatra and Austin Harman, violist Mark Holloway, and cellist Brandon Vamos. The group made its recording debut in 2000 with the album String Quartets by Easley Blackwood. The Pacifica Quartet has specialized in quartet cycles by Beethoven, Shostakovich, Mendelssohn, and Elliott Carter. The quartet has made more than 15 recordings. A highlight of the 2010s was a sequence of four albums entitled The Soviet Experience, featuring quartets by Dmitri Shostakovich and his contemporaries. The quartet released the album Contemporary Voices in 2020, returning in 2022 with American Stories.

Members of Pacifica Quartet include, or have included, Brandon Vamos, Sibbi Bernhardsson, Masumi Per Rostad, Simin Ganatra, and Kathryn Lockwood.