List of string quartet ensembles
This is a list of recognized string quartets (i.e. groups of musical performers), current or past, in alphabetical order. It does not include the names of musical quartet compositions.
A
[edit]- Abramyan String Quartet[1]
- Aeolian
- Aizuri Quartet
- Alban Berg
- Alberni
- ALEA
- Alexander
- Allegri
- Amadeus
- Amar
- Amati
- American SQ
- Amsterdam String Quartet
- Ancora String Quartet
- Annex String Quartet
- Apple Hill String Quartet
- Arcanto Quartet[2]
- Arditti Quartet
- Ariel String Quartet
- Aron Quartet
- Arpeggione
- Artaria String Quartet
- Artemis Quartet
- Atom String Quartet
- Atrium String Quartet
- Audubon Quartet
- Australian String Quartet
- Aviv String Quartet
B
[edit]- Badke Quartet
- Balanescu Quartet
- Barcelona
- Bartók Quartet
- Barylli Quartet
- Bastiaan Quartet
- Beethoven Quartet
- Béla Quartet
- Belcea Quartet
- Berkshire String Quartet
- Bessler Quartet
- Blair Quartet
- Bohemian Quartet
- Bond
- Borodin Quartet
- Borromeo String Quartet
- Boston String Quartet
- Brentano Quartet
- Brodsky Quartet
- Brooklyn Rider
- Budapest Quartet original
- Budapest String Quartet
- Busch Quartet
C
[edit]- Calder Quartet
- Calidore String Quartet
- Capet Quartet
- Carducci Quartet
- Carmel
- Carmine Quartet
- Carpe Diem String Quartet
- Casals
- Cassatt Quartet
- Cavani Quartet
- Chiara String Quartet
- Chilingirian Quartet
- Ciompi Quartet
- Circadian String Quartet
- Cleveland Quartet
- Clinton String Quartet
- The Composers Quartet
- Concord String Quartet
- Conservatory String Quartet
- ConTempo Quartet
- Corigliano Quartet
- Corvinus Quartet
- Coull Quartet
- Cuarteto Casals
- Cuarteto Latinoamericano
- Curtis String Quartet
- Cypress Quartet
- Czech Quartet
D
[edit]- Dallas String Quartet
- Danish Quartet
- Danubius Quartet
- Dartington String Quartet
- Delme Quartet
- Del Sol Quartet
- Dover Quartet
- Dubois String Quartet
- Duke Quartet
E
[edit]- Ébène Quartet
- Element Quartet
- Emerson String Quartet
- Endellion Quartet
- Enesco Quartet
- English String Quartet
- Enso String Quartet
- Escala
- Escher String Quartet
- Esmé Quartet
- Esterhazy Quartet
- Ethel
- Euclid Quartet[3]
- Entheos String Quartet[4]
F
[edit]- Fanny Mendelssohn Quartet
- Festetics String Quartet
- Fibonacci Quartet
- Fine Arts Quartet
- Fitzwilliam Quartet
- Fleshquartet
- Flonzaley Quartet
- Flux Quartet
- Formosa Quartet
- FourPlay String Quartet
- Fred Sherry String Quartet
- Fry Street Quartet
G
[edit]- Gabrieli Quartet
- Galatea Quartet
- Galimir Quartet
- Gaya Quartet
- Gewandhaus
- Goldner String Quartet
- Griller Quartet
- Guarneri Quartet
H
[edit]- Hagen Quartet
- Hampton String Quartet
- Harlem Quartet
- Hawthorne String Quartet
- Hellmesberger Quartet
- Henschel Quartet
- Henry Holst String Quartet
- Hollywood String Quartet
- Hugo Wolf Quartet
- Hungarian Quartet
J
[edit]- JACK Quartet
- Jade String Quartet
- Janáček Quartet
- Jasper String Quartet
- Jerusalem Quartet
- Juilliard String Quartet
- Jupiter String Quartet[5]
K
[edit]- Kneisel Quartet
- Kocian Quartet
- Kodály Quartet
- Kolisch Quartet
- Komitas Quartet
- Kopelman Quartet
- Krettly Quartet
- Kreutzer Quartet
- Kronos Quartet
- Kuss Quartet
- Kutcher String Quartet
L
[edit]- Laclede Quartet
- Lark Quartet
- LaSalle Quartet
- Léner Quartet
- Leningrad Taneiev Quartet
- Lindsay String Quartet
- Loewenguth Quartet
- London Haydn Quartet[6]
- London Quartet
- Ludwig Schuster
M
[edit]- MacNaghten String Quartet
- Maggini Quartet
- Marie Hall
- Marie Soldat-Roeger Quartet
- Marmen Quartet
- Martinů Quartet
- Mecklenburg Quartet (Saint Petersburg)[7]
- Medici Quartet
- Melos Quartet
- Methera
- Miami String Quartet
- Midnight String Quartet
- Miró Quartet
- Modigliani Quartet
- Moscow String Quartet[8]
- Moyzes Quartet
- Müller Brothers
- Musica Viva Australia
N
[edit]- Nevine String Quartet
- Nevsky String Quartet
- New Hungarian Quartet
- New Italian Quartet
- New Orford String Quartet
- New Vlach
- New World String Quartet
- New Zealand String Quartet
O
[edit]- Oberlin String Quartet
- Olive Mead Quartet
- Orford String Quartet
- Orion String Quartet
- Orlando Quartet
- Oslo String Quartet
P
[edit]- Pacifica Quartet
- Paganini Quartet
- Panocha Quartet
- Parisii Quartet
- Parker Quartet
- Parrenin Quartet
- Pascal Quartet
- Pavel Haas Quartet
- Penderecki String Quartet
- Perolé Quartet
- Petersen Quartet
- Philadelphia String Quartet
- Philharmonia Quartet
- Philharmonia Quartet Berlin
- Philharmonic Quartet
- Prague Quartet
- Pražák Quartet
- Prima Vista Quartet
- Pro Arte Quartet
Q
[edit]- Quatuor Bozzini
- Quartet de Barcelona
- Quarteto Bessler-Reis
- Quartetto di Cremona
- Quartetto Energie Nove
- Quartetto Italiano
- Quatuor Arpeggione
- Quatuor Mosaïques
R
[edit]- radio.string.quartet.vienna
- RaVen Quartet
- Regent String Quartet
- Rosamunde Quartett
- Rosé Quartet
- RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet
- Rubio Quartet
S
[edit]- Sacconi Quartet
- St. Lawrence Quartet
- St. Petersburg String Quartet
- Salomon Quartet
- San Francisco
- Schumann Quartet
- Schuppanzigh Quartet
- Section Quartet
- Ševčík-Lhotský Quartet
- Shanghai String Quartet
- Shostakovich[9][10][11]
- Signum String Quartet
- Silesian String Quartet
- SKAZ String Quartet[12]
- Smetana Quartet
- Smith Quartet
- Soldier String Quartet
- Somogyi String Quartet
- Sonus Quartet
- Soweto String Quartet
- Spektral Quartet
- Spencer Dyke Quartet
- Stamic Quartet
- Stanford String Quartet
- Strub Quartet
- Stratton Quartet (original)
T
[edit]- T'ang Quartet
- Takács Quartet
- Talich Quartet
- Taneyev
- Tátrai Quartet
- Tokyo String Quartet
- Toronto String Quartette
- Turtle Island String Quartet
U
[edit]- Utrecht String Quartet[13]
V
[edit]- Vaghy String Quartet
- Végh Quartet
- Vermeer Quartet
- Vertavo String Quartet
- Viano String Quartet
- Villiers Quartet
- Virtuoso Quartet
- Vitamin String Quartet
- Vlach Quartet
- Voces Quartet
- Vogler Quartet
W
[edit]Y
[edit]- Yale Quartet
- Ysaÿe Quartet (1886)
- Ysaÿe Quartet (1984)
- Ying Quartet
Z
[edit]- Zagreb Quartet (1919–present)
- Zephyr Quartet
- Zoellner Quartet
- Zorian Quartet
References
[edit]- ^ Gerald Elias Adjunct Professor, Violin music.utah.edu, accessed 12 February 2022
- ^ "Bachblüten". Tagesspiegel (in German). 16 May 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ Euclid Quartet www.euclidquartet.com, accessed 12 February 2022
- ^ Entheos String Quartet www.entheosstringquartet.com
- ^ "Home | Jupiter String Quartet". Jupiter Quartet.
- ^ "The London Haydn Quartet". www.yale.edu/musicalinstruments/concerts. Yale University. Archived from the original on 18 December 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ^ Квартет герцога Мекленбургского (Russian Wikipedia)
- ^ Schweitzer, Vivien (4 October 2011). "Borodin Glows in an Intimate Salon". The New York Times.
- ^ Shostakovich Quartet www.discogs.com, accessed 12 December 2022
- ^ CD Reviews 24: Complete String Quartets, Shostakovich String Quartet dschjournal.com, accessed 12 December 2022
- ^ Квартет имени Шостаковича Shostakovich Quartet www.belcanto.ru, accessed 12 December 2022
- ^ "Balalaika Ensemble Quartet SKAZ Russia - official site of the Group". www.skaz1.com.
- ^ Tommasini, Anthony (22 January 2013). "A Champion of Dutch Composers Comes Ashore Without Much Flash". New York Times. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- A. Eaglefield-Hull, A Dictionary of Modern Music and Musicians (Dent, London 1924) (pre-1924 entries)
- R.D. Darrell, The Gramophone Shop Encyclopedia of Recorded Music (New York 1936)
- J.R. Bennett, Smetana on 3000 Records (Oakwood Press, 1974)
- E. Sackville-West and D. Shawe-Taylor, The Record Year 2 (Collins, London 1953)
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