Biography
Juilliard String Quartet
Founded in 1946, the Juilliard String Quartet draws on a deep and vital engagement to the classics while embracing the mission of championing new works, a vibrant combination of the familiar and the daring. This season, the quartet tours to Amherst College, Chamber Music Monterey Bay, Musco Center, Concord Chamber Music Society, ATX Chamber Music and Jazz in Austin, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and People’s Symphony Concerts at New York’s Town Hall. European highlights include Wigmore Hall and Berlin Konzerthaus.
Sony Masterworks released The Early Juilliard Recordings in June 2021, and the quartet’s recordings of the Bartók and Schoenberg quartets, as well as those of Debussy, Ravel, and Beethoven, have won Grammy Awards. In 2011 the JSQ became the first classical music ensemble to receive a lifetime achievement award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
The JSQ is in residence at the Juilliard School and its members—Areta Zhulla, Ronald Copes, Molly Carr, and Astrid Schween—are all members of the string and chamber music faculties. The JSQ made its debut at the San Francisco Symphony in 1983.
Sony Masterworks released The Early Juilliard Recordings in June 2021, and the quartet’s recordings of the Bartók and Schoenberg quartets, as well as those of Debussy, Ravel, and Beethoven, have won Grammy Awards. In 2011 the JSQ became the first classical music ensemble to receive a lifetime achievement award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
The JSQ is in residence at the Juilliard School and its members—Areta Zhulla, Ronald Copes, Molly Carr, and Astrid Schween—are all members of the string and chamber music faculties. The JSQ made its debut at the San Francisco Symphony in 1983.
