Program
| Composer | Work | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Caroline Shaw | Entr'acte | 2011 |
| Franz Joseph Haydn | String Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5 | 1772 |
| Intermission | ||
| Franz Schubert | String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810 “Death and the Maiden” | 1824 |
About the Ensemble
Recent prizewinners at the 2025 Bordeaux and the Wigmore Hall International Quartet Competitions, the Terra String Quartet (TSQ) is a vibrant young international ensemble based in New York City. The ensemble strives to foster conversation and genuine human connection through their performances and pedagogy. The artists in the quartet are graduates of The Juilliard School, New England Conservatory, Harvard University, and the Curtis Institute of Music.
TSQ has won top prizes at the 2025 Bordeaux Quartet Competition, the 2025 Wigmore Hall Quartet Competition, the 2023 Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, the 2023 Osaka International Chamber Music Competition, and the 2022 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. They were also awarded the Christine and David Anderson Career Development Prize at the 2022 Banff International String Quartet Competition.
TSQ has performed at numerous festivals and venues across the world, with recent concerts at Capital Region Classical, Rockport Music, Guarneri Hall, Chamber Music Raleigh, Randolph College, and the Emilia-Romagna Festival in Italy. During 2024-2025, they were the Fellowship Ensemble-in-Residence at the Yale School of Music and the Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts. Their mentors and coaches have included members of the Brentano Quartet, Ara Gregorian, Hye-Jin Kim, and Marcy Rosen.