Dover Quartet
Due to its artistic maturity, this ensemble has firmly established itself as one of the most popular on the international scene. This quartet, whilst always exuding such calmness, convinces their audience with its immaculate precision, tonal intensity and refreshing tempos.
After winning the Banff Competition, the young American quartet enthused the audience in Amsterdam, Salzburg, Geneva, Frankfurt, London, Brussels, Lucerne, Paris, Hamburg and Berlin. Recently they performed amongst others at Konzerthaus Berlin, Wigmore Hall London, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg as well as in Basel, Amsterdam, Geneva and Badenweiler. Some highlights of their schedule for the next season are concerts in Prague (as octet with the Pavel Haas Quartet), at the Schubertiade, as well as in London and Copenhagen.
After a recording with works by Mozart and a CD dedicated to World War II repertoire (Dmitri Shostakovich, Viktor Ullmann and Simon Laks), they released a CD with Schumann’s string quartets in 2019. The beginning of a complete recording of Beethoven’s quartets followed in 2020.
Members
Joel Link | violin
Bryan Lee | violin
Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt | viola
Camden Shaw | violoncello
Awards
The Dover Quartet has been nominated for a GRAMMY AWARD for their Schumann CD!
New Releases
Beethoven Complete String Quartets – Vol. I | CEDILLE
Right from the first quartet, the Dover Quartet is looking for meaningful expression. They play not only with energy, but with a strikingly strong emphasis and at the same time with a lot of spontaneity. In other words: the Dovers play Beethoven with unmistakable character and gestures from the first quartet on. pizzicato | Remy Franck | November 9, 2020
The Schumann Quartets | AZICA | listen
In my opinion, the four musicians of the Dover Quartet unite all the cardinal virtues of modern quartet playing: it starts with a sparklingly clean intonation and ends with the intellectual and aesthetic penetration of the works. … The quartet’s new Schumann CD is a reference for me. Within the perfect, finely listened-to chamber music set-up, the quartet captivates with the very robust solo approach of all four musicians. … The four musicians of the Dover Quartet have now reached the top of the Quartet Olympus. WDR 3 Tonart | CD Schumann | Michael Schwalb | January 27, 2020
Watch and Listen
Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall at the Bienen School | April 10, 2018 | Mendelssohn: String Quartet in F minor Op. 80
Due to its artistic maturity, this ensemble has firmly established itself as one of the most popular on the international scene. This quartet, whilst always exuding such calmness, convinces their audience with its immaculate precision, tonal intensity and refreshing tempos.
After winning the Banff Competition, the young American quartet enthused the audience in Amsterdam, Salzburg, Geneva, Frankfurt, London, Brussels, Lucerne, Paris, Hamburg and Berlin. Recently they performed amongst others at Konzerthaus Berlin, Wigmore Hall London, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg as well as in Basel, Amsterdam, Geneva and Badenweiler. Some highlights of their schedule for the next season are concerts in Prague (as octet with the Pavel Haas Quartet), at the Schubertiade, as well as in London and Copenhagen.
After a recording with works by Mozart and a CD dedicated to World War II repertoire (Dmitri Shostakovich, Viktor Ullmann and Simon Laks), they released a CD with Schumann’s string quartets in 2019. The beginning of a complete recording of Beethoven’s quartets followed in 2020.
Members
Joel Link | violin
Bryan Lee | violin
Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt | viola
Camden Shaw | violoncello