Hailed by The New York Times as “something extraordinary,” the Grammy-winning Parker Quartet has rapidly distinguished itself as one of the pre-eminent ensembles of its generation. The quartet began its professional touring career in 2002 and garnered international acclaim in 2005, winning the Concert Artists Guild Competition as well as the Grand Prix and Mozart Prize at the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition in France.
In 2009, Chamber Music America awarded the Parker Quartet the biennial Cleveland Quartet Award. Last season, the quartet partnered with Grammy Award-winning producer Judith Sherman to launch HaydnLIVE!, a live recording project featuring a series of all-Haydn performances at the New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, presented by the Celebrity Series of Boston and Virginia Arts Festival.
In May 2010, the Parker Quartet finished its second year as quartet-in-residence with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. The residency, the first of its kind for SPCO, involved individual instrument performances with the orchestra, chamber music presentations and a robust educational program with public schools through the SPCO’s CONNECT program. During the 2009-2010 season, the quartet was also the first-ever artist-in-residence with Minnesota Public Radio and American Public Media.
Bringing Bay Area audiences the world’s finest chamber music since 1955, the Morrison Artists Series at San Francisco State University is “indispensable,” the San Francisco Chronicle writes. Led by Artistic Director Richard Festinger, the series presents free performances each year by acclaimed ensembles.
Festinger will lead a pre-concert talk at 2pm.
- Venue: McKenna Theatre at SFSU
- Date: Sun March 4, 2012 3:00pm
- City: San Francisco
- Email: mcmc@sfsu.edu
- Price Range: Free
- Tickets: 415-338-2467
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