Le Salon de Musiques

– J. BRAHMS: STRING QUARTET No.2 IN A MINOR OP 51
– O. RESPIGHI: PIANO QUINTET IN F MINOR P 35 “SD PREMIERE”
– A. FOOTE: PIANO QUINTET IN A MINOR OP 38 “US PREMIERE”

PERFORMERS: WEBERN STRING QUARTET: VIOLIN, BENJAMIN HOFFMAN, VIOLIN, CHIAI TAJIMA, VIOLIN, ALEX GRANGER, VIOLA, STELLA YE LIN CHO, CELLO, IRENE KIM, PIANO
Founded in Los Angeles in 2022, the Webern Quartet has been featured in The New Yorker, where they were praised as having “found the through line of Schoenberg’s personality.” The Quartet is named for Anton Webern, former student of Arnold Schoenberg, whose important string quartet oeuvre has been the starting point of the ensemble. Next to their dedication to the works of the composers from the Second Viennese School, the Webern Quartet is known for its committed and intimate interpretations of works from the classical repertoire to newly written music.

In 2023 the Webern Quartet held an extensive residency at the Arnold Schoenberg Center in Vienna where they performed the four Schoenberg quartets at two concerts on the same
day. Subsequently, in 2024 they were invited to record these works in Germany with the Belgian label Etcetera. Through their work in Vienna with Henk Guittart of the Schoenberg Quartet (which in its time coached with Eugene Lehner of the renowned Kolisch Quartet, Schoenberg’s preferred performers), the Webern Quartet is privileged to honor and continue an interpretive tradition of Schoenberg’s extraordinary works for string quartet. For more information including links to video and audio media, please visit webernquartet.com.