PACIFICA STRING QUARTET
Over the past two decades, the Pacifica Quartet has gained international stature as one of the finest chamber ensembles performing today. Formed in 1994, the Pacifica Quartet quickly won chamber music's top competitions, including the 1998 Naumburg Chamber Music Award. Other prestigious awards include the Avery Fisher Career Grant, and in 2009 the quartet was named "Ensemble of the Year" by Musical America. Tonight marks the Pacifica's seventh appearance with New Orleans Friends of Music.
"Suffice to say that I have never heard the string quartets of Dmitri Shostakovich performed with such appeal and subtlety. ... These performances grab and hold your attention as much as music does." Jacob Stockinger, THE WELL-TEMPERED EAR