Dover Quartet

The Dover Quartet is an American string quartet. It was formed at the Curtis Institute of Music in 2008[1] and its members are graduates of both the Curtis Institute of Music and the Rice University Shepherd School of Music.[2] Its name is taken from the piece Dover Beach by Samuel Barber.[3] The founding members of the quartet consists of violinists Joel Link and Bryan Lee, violist Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, and cellist Camden Shaw.[2][3] Violist Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt stepped down from the quartet in August 2022, and was replaced by Hezekiah Leung for the 2022-2023 season. In February 2023, the quartet announced that violist Julianne Lee would join the quartet as a full member starting in the fall of 2023. [4]

Dover Quartet
Background information
OriginPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, US
GenresClassical Music
Years active2008-present
LabelsCedille Records, Azica Records
Members
  • Julianne Lee
  • Camden Shaw
  • Joel Link
  • Bryan Lee
Past membersMilena Pajaro-van de Stadt (2008-2022) Hezekiah Leung (2022-2023)
Websitehttps://www.doverquartet.com/

In 2020, the quartet was appointed to the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music as ensemble-in-residence.[2][1] Additionally, they hold residencies with the Kennedy Center, Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University, Artosphere, and the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival.[3]

The Dover Quartet has collaborated with artists such as Emanuel Ax, Inon Barnaton, Ray Chen, the Escher Quartet, Edgar Meyer, Anthony McGill, the late Peter Serkin, and Roomful of Teeth.

Discography

The Dover Quartet has released three albums on Cedille Records: Tribute: Dover Quartet Plays Mozart, Voices of Defiance, and Beethoven Complete String Quartets, Volume 1 – The Opus 18 Quartets. Volumes 2 and 3 of the Beethoven Complete String Quartets are anticipated to be released in 2021 and 2022.[5]

References
  1. 2020-08-07T11:35:00+01:00. "Dover Quartet joins Curtis Institute of Music Faculty as Ensemble in Residence". The Strad. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  2. Channel, The Violin (2020-08-05). "VC Artist Dover Quartet Appointed to Curtis Institute of Music Faculty". The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  3. "About". Dover Quartet. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  4. https://www.curtis.edu/news/the-dover-quartet-names-julianne-lee-as-new-violist/
  5. "Discography".
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