Isidore String Quartet
When it fits, it fits
It is rare for a young ensemble to win one of the most prestigious string quartet competitions just three years after its foundation. The Isidore Quartet has achieved just that: founded in 2019, it won the jury of the 14th Banff Competition in 2022. The young ensemble from New York is characterized by their individual sound and extremely lively interpretations.
The musicians benefit particularly from the Alexander Technique, expanding mental concert performance through increased body awareness. It is rare to experience a young string quartet so relaxed, so at ease and at the same time so vital and mature!
After concerts at the Edinburgh Festival, the Lucerne Festival, in Hamburg (Elbphilharmonie) and Linz (Brucknerhaus), the quartet will perform in Amsterdam (Concertgebouw), Berlin (Konzerthaus), Cologne (Philharmonie), Bonn (Beethoven-Haus) and Stuttgart (Liederhalle).
Members
Phoenix Avalon | violin
Adrian Steele | violin
Devin Moore | viola
Joshua McClendon | violoncello
On Tour
All dates can be found here.
Meet the Quartet
Awards
Avery Fisher Career Grants Announces 2023
First prize at Banff International String Quartet Competition, 2022.
Watch and Listen
Meran, January 22, 2024
Johannes Brahms | String quartet in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2
Johann Sebastian Bach | The Art of Fugue – Contrapunktus 1-4
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy | String Quartet No. 3 Op. 44
Reviews
The indescribable magic of perfection
Mozart’s ‘Dissonance Quartet’ (K 465) has an incredibly contemporary, even timeless effect in the enlightening interpretation of the Isidore String Quartet: a flirtation with oblique tones, followed by the pure (harmonic) doctrine from the time of its creation 240 years ago. Very fine. Performed ‘filigranissimo’ by four perfectionists on their string instruments, the second, slow movement casts a delightful spell over the audience that lasts for a long time.
Tiroler Tageszeitung | Innsbruck | Markus Schramek | November 10th, 2024
When it fits, it fits
It is rare for a young ensemble to win one of the most prestigious string quartet competitions just three years after its foundation. The Isidore Quartet has achieved just that: founded in 2019, it won the jury of the 14th Banff Competition in 2022. The young ensemble from New York is characterized by their individual sound and extremely lively interpretations.
The musicians benefit particularly from the Alexander Technique, expanding mental concert performance through increased body awareness. It is rare to experience a young string quartet so relaxed, so at ease and at the same time so vital and mature!
After concerts at the Edinburgh Festival, the Lucerne Festival, in Hamburg (Elbphilharmonie) and Linz (Brucknerhaus), the quartet will perform in Amsterdam (Concertgebouw), Berlin (Konzerthaus), Cologne (Philharmonie), Bonn (Beethoven-Haus) and Stuttgart (Liederhalle).
Members
Phoenix Avalon | violin
Adrian Steele | violin
Devin Moore | viola
Joshua McClendon | violoncello