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Daniel Chong<\/strong>, violin<\/em>
\nKen Hamao<\/strong>, violin<\/em>
\nJessica Bodner<\/strong>, viola<\/em>
\nKee-Hyun Kim<\/strong>, cello<\/em><\/p>\n

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Internationally recognized for their \u201cfearless, yet probingly beautiful\u201d (The Strad<\/em>) performances, the Grammy Award-winning Parker Quartet has distinguished itself as one of the preeminent ensembles of its generation, dedicated purely to the sound and depth of their music. They are renowned for their fresh and unique approach to the great classics while being passionate ambassadors for music of our time. Inspired performances and exceptional musicianship are hallmarks of the Quartet, having appeared at the world\u2019s most illustrious venues since its founding in 2002.<\/p>\n

Recent seasons have included performances around North America and Europe, including Wigmore Hall, Konzerthaus Berlin, Music Toronto, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Strathmore, San Antonio Chamber Music Society, University of Chicago, the Schubert Club, 92nd Street Y, Da Camera of Houston, UCLA\u2019s Clark Library, and Kansas City\u2019s Friends of Chamber Music. Recent festival appearances include Big Ears, Norfolk, Lake Champlain, Bridgehampton, Skaneateles, San Miguel de Allende, and at the Banff Centre.<\/p>\n

The Quartet\u2019s 2024-25 season includes concerts at Carnegie Hall and Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. Additionally, the Quartet will work with and record works by Paola Prestini, as well as curate a project which includes a newly commissioned quintet by Anthony Cheung for the Quartet and mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron. This project centers on themes of nature and heritage while weaving poetry and music throughout the program.<\/p>\n

Throughout the 2022-23 season the quartet celebrated their 20th anniversary with The Beethoven Project, a multi-faceted initiative which included performances of the complete cycle of Beethoven\u2019s string quartets; the commissioning of six composers to write encores inspired by Beethoven\u2019s quartets; the creation of a new video library spotlighting each Beethoven quartet; and bringing Beethoven\u2019s music to non-traditional venues around the Quartet\u2019s home base of Boston, including homeless shelters and youth programs.<\/p>\n

The Quartet is committed to working with composers of today \u2014 recent commissions include works by Augusta Read Thomas, Felipe Lara, Jaehyuck Choi, Zosha di Castri, Paul Wiancko, Anthony Cheung, Wang Lu, Michi Wiancko, Sky Macklay, and Jeremy Gill. Celebrating the process of creation, the Quartet recorded three new commissions by Kate Soper, Oscar Bettison, and Vijay Iyer as part of Miller Theatre\u2019s Mission: Commission<\/em> podcast.<\/p>\n

The Quartet regularly collaborates with a diverse range of artists, which have included pianists Menahem Pressler, Anne-Marie McDermott, Orion Weiss, Shai Wosner, Billy Childs, and Vijay Iyer; clarinetist and composer J\u00f6rg Widmann; clarinetists Anthony McGill and Charles Neidich; flutist Claire Chase; and violist Kim Kashkashian, featured on their recent Dvo\u0159\u00e1k recording. The Quartet also continues to be a strong supporter of Kashkashian\u2019s project Music for Food<\/em>, <\/em>participating in concerts throughout the United States for the benefit of various food banks and shelters.<\/p>\n

Recording projects continue to be an important facet of the Quartet\u2019s artistic output. Described by Gramophone Magazine<\/em> as a \u201dstring quartet defined by virtuosity so agile that it\u2019s indistinguishable from the process of emotional expression,\u201d their newest release for ECM Records features Dvo\u0159\u00e1k’s Viola Quintet as well as Gy\u00f6rgy Kurt\u00e1g’s Six Moments Musicaux <\/em>and Officium breve in memoriam. The Strad<\/em> also declared the album as \u201cnothing short of astonishing.\u201d Under the auspices of the Monte Carlo Festival Printemps des Arts, they recorded a disc of three Beethoven quartets, of which Diapason<\/em> \u201cadmired the group\u2019s fearlessness, exceptional control, and attention to detail.\u201d The Quartet can also be heard playing Mendelssohn on Nimbus Records, Bart\u00f3k on Zig-Zag Territoires, and the complete Ligeti Quartets on Naxos, for which they won a Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance.<\/p>\n

The members of the Parker Quartet serve as Professors of the Practice and Blodgett Artists-in-Residence at Harvard University\u2019s Department of Music. The Quartet also holds visiting residencies at the University of South Carolina and Walnut Hill School for the Arts.<\/p>\n

Founded and currently based in Boston, the Parker Quartet\u2019s numerous honors include winning the Concert Artists Guild Competition, the Grand Prix and Mozart Prize at France\u2019s Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition, and Chamber Music America\u2019s prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award.<\/p>\n

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