Event

Brentano String Quartet

Since its inception in 1992, the Brentano String Quartet has appeared throughout the world to popular and critical acclaim. It has performed across five continents in the worlds most prestigious venues. Highly sought after as educators, the Quartets members are currently Artists-in-Residence at the Yale School of Music, where they perform in concert each semester, work closely with students of chamber music, and lead the instruction at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival in the summers. The Quartet has given numerous master classes and workshops across the country, and it returns annually to the Taos School of Music as visiting faculty. In 2013 and 2017, the Quartet assisted at the Cliburn International Piano Competition, performing quintets with competitors in the final rounds. Before coming to Yale, the Quartet served for fifteen years as Ensemble-in-Residence at Princeton University.

Awards and honors include the first Cleveland Quartet Award (1995), the Naumburg Chamber Music Award (1995), induction as inaugural members of Chamber Music Society Two at the CMS of Lincoln Center (1996), and the Royal Philharmonic Award for Most Outstanding Debut (at Wigmore Hall in 1997).

The Quartet is named for Antonie Brentano, whom many scholars consider to be Beethovens Immortal Beloved, the intended recipient of his famous love confession.