ESCHER STRING QUARTET Maverick Chamber Music Festival
Reserved Hall Seats: $55/35, $30/27 (partial obstruction) General Admission/Outdoors/Uncovered: $20, Students: $10 BUY TICKETSescherquartet.com Adam Barnett-Hart, violin Bryan Lee, violin Pierre Lapointe, viola Brook Speltz, cello PROGRAM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 16 in E-flat major, K. 428 Alexander von Zemlinsky: String Quartet No. 4, Op. 25 (1936) Antonín Dvořák: String Quartet No. 13 in G major, Op. 106 The Escher String Quartet has received acclaim for its profound musical insight and rare tonal beauty. A former BBC New Generation Artist and recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant, the quartet has performed at the BBC Proms at Cadogan Hall and is a regular guest at Wigmore Hall. In its home town of New York, the ensemble serves as season artists of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Highlights of the 2025-2026 season find the Escher Quartet performing in many of the great venues and organizations in the United States, including Alice Tully Hall, The Morgan Library, Ensemble Music Society Indianapolis, Buffalo Chamber Music Society, Arte Musica Montreal, Clark Library Los Angeles, and the Savannah Music Festival, among others. In addition to their North American engagements, the quartet returns once again to Wigmore Hall for a BBC live broadcast recital as well as other engagements in Germany and continental Europe. The Escher Quartet has made a distinctive impression throughout Europe, with recent debuts including the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Berlin Konzerthaus, London’s Kings Place, Slovenian Philharmonic Hall, Les Grands Interprètes Geneva, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, and Auditorium du Louvre. The group has appeared at festivals such as the Heidelberg Spring Festival, Budapest’s Franz Liszt Academy, Dublin’s Great Music in Irish Houses, the Risør Chamber Music Festival in Norway, the Hong Kong International Chamber Music Festival, and the Perth International Arts Festival in Australia. Alongside its growing European profile,