“From start to finish, everything was absolutely flawless…The Dover Quartet could play anything for us, and we would ask for more…An amazing, beautiful quartet.” La Presse
Chamber Music Concerts (CMC) opens its 2025-26 season with the Dover String Quartet on Sunday, October 12th at 3pm at the Southern Oregon University Music Recital Hall, 450 S Mountain Ave, Ashland, OR. Purchase tickets at ChamberMusicConcerts.org or call 541-552-6154.
Named one of the greatest string quartets of the last 100 years by BBC Music Magazine and “the next Guarneri Quartet” by the Chicago Tribune, the two-time GRAMMY-nominated Dover Quartet is one of the world’s most in-demand chamber ensembles. The group’s awards include a stunning sweep of all prizes at the 2013 Banff International String Quartet Competition, grand and first prizes at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, and prizes at the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition. Its honors include the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant, Chamber Music America’s Cleveland Quartet Award, and Lincoln Center’s Hunt Family Award. The Dover Quartet is the Penelope P. Watkins Ensemble in Residence at the Curtis Institute of Music and Quartet in Residence at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music.
The concert program features Jessie Montgomery’s Strum; Karol Szymanowski’s Quartet no. 1 in C Major, Op. 37; and Felix Mendelssohn’s Quartet no. 6 in F Minor, Op. 80. Tickets are $49/59, with discounts available for full-time students and Oregon Trail Card holders.
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