“ The kind of sublimity other quartets spend a lifetime seeking”

Los Angeles Times

"Deep reserves of virtuosity and irrepressible dramatic instinct"

— The New York Times

"Shockingly deep"

– Los Angeles Times

"Performances that can stand comparison with the best"

— BBC Music Magazine

After over a decade of performances and residencies in the world’s most esteemed venues and festivals, the release of numerous critically acclaimed recordings and lauded with significant awards, the Calidore String Quartet is recognized as one of the world’s foremost interpreters of a vast repertory; from the cycles of quartets by Beethoven and Mendelssohn to works of celebrated contemporary voices like Grygory Kurtag, Jörg Widmann and Caroline Shaw.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2025

South Mountain Concerts

South Mountain Concert Hall
Pittsfield, MA

HAYDN: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 76. No. 5, “Largo”
MOZART: String Quintet No. 3 in C Major, K. 515
MENFELSSOHN: String Quintet No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 87

with Matthew, Lipman, viola

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Spetember 30, 2025
7pm

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Samueli Theater
Costa Mesa, CA

HAYDN: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 76. No. 5, “Largo”
TURNAGE: Areitta, Variations on an Arietta by Beethoven (World Premiere)
BEETHOVEN: String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat Major, Op. 127

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October 13, 2025
7:30pm

Friends of Chamber Music

Gates Hall, Newman Center
Denver, CO

VIVALDI: Concerto in D Major for Guitar and Strings, RV 93 (arr. Pujol/ed. Isbin)
GRANADOS: Danza española No. 5 “Andaluza”
TÁRREGA: Capricho árabe
BARRIOS MANGORÉ- Waltz, Op. 8 No. 4
HAYDN: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 76. No. 5, “Largo”
DVOŘÁK: String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, "American"
BOCCHERINI: Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D major, G. 448, “Fandango”

with Sharon Isbin, guitar

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latest album

Beethoven Quartets, Vol. 3: The Early String Quartets

The third and final installment in their award-winning series, the Calidore Quartet return with a three-disc release of Beethoven Early Quartets. Their previous Beethoven recordings have been described as ‘highly collectible’ by BBC Music Magazine. The first album of Late Quartets won the Chamber Music Award at the BBC Music Magazine Awards 2024, and the second awarded Recording of the Month by Gramophone Magazine. “Our interpretation speaks to the influences of our teachers and the great traditions associated with this repertoire, but also to that of our own generation, contemporary research, style and experience. Though this music speaks in a language that is hundreds of years old, its message remains immediate, relevant and comforting to listeners of today and of generations to come even, and especially, in the most challenging of times”.

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Acclaim
July 14, 2025

Le Devoir

Les Calidore éblouissent dans Beethoven à Orford

One of the finest string quartets on the planet, the Calidore Quartet, performed masterpieces from Beethoven's quartets on Friday and Saturday at Orford Music.
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