Pacifica Quartet

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The multiple Grammy Award-winning PACIFICA QUARTET closes our 61st season on Friday, April 16, 2027, at Libby Gardner Concert Hall on the University of Utah campus. Quartet-in-Residence at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music and recipients of the Naumburg Chamber Music Award, the Cleveland Quartet Award, and an Avery Fisher Career Grant, the Pacifica Quartet has performed at Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, and the Kennedy Center. The New York Times praises their playing as "engrossing, characterful...with a luminescent tranquillity and spine-tingling intensity."

Concert details
- Estimated duration: 1 hour and 40 minutes
- Brief welcome remarks

Program (timings approximate)
- Florence Price — String Quartet No. 1 in G major (15 min)
- György Ligeti — String Quartet No. 1, Métamorphoses nocturnes (22 min)
- Intermission (15 min)
- Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130, with the Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 (41 min)

All timings are approximate. Program and artists subject to change.

First time?
WE’RE SO EXCITED YOU’RE HERE! Whether you’re a seasoned chamber music lover or brand new to classical music concerts, we are thrilled you’re considering spending an evening with the Chamber Music Society. Consider attending the free Pre-Concert Talk at 6:30 p.m. before the performance. If you have any additional questions, don’t hesitate to contact us.

Featured performers
- PACIFICA QUARTET
- Simin Ganatra, violin
- Austin Hartman, violin
- Mark Holloway, viola
- Brandon Vamos, cello

“...nothing short of phenomenal...” — The Telegraph

With a career spanning three decades, the multiple GRAMMY® Award-winning Pacifica Quartet has achieved international recognition as one of the finest chamber ensembles performing today. Known for delivering performances that are “engrossing, characterful…with a luminescent tranquillity [and] spine-tingling intensity” (The New York Times), the Quartet is celebrated for its virtuosity, exuberant performance style, and fearless repertory choices. Its sound has been praised for "warmth of phrasing, dynamic control and superbly coordinated ensemble balance" (Gramophone Magazine).

Formed in 1994, the Pacifica Quartet has won top chamber music competitions and awards, including the 1998 Naumburg Chamber Music Award, Chamber Music America’s Cleveland Quartet Award, and an Avery Fisher Career Grant. The ensemble is an ardent advocate for living composers and has commissioned and premiered works by Keeril Makan, Julia Wolfe, Shulamit Ran, James Lee III, and others.

The Pacifica Quartet has presented acclaimed cycles and extensive repertoire, and its discography includes GRAMMY®-winning recordings (Elliott Carter quartets on Naxos; the complete Shostakovich cycle on Cedille) and other notable releases. Based in Bloomington, Indiana, the Quartet has served as full-time faculty and Quartet-in-Residence at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music since 2012.

For more information, please visit www.pacificaquartet.com.