Having celebrated its 30th Anniversary in 2011, the ALEXANDER STRING QUARTET has performed in the major music capitals of five continents, securing its standing among the world’s premiere ensembles. Widely admired for its interpretations of Beethoven, Mozart, and Shostakovich, the quartet's recordings of the Beethoven cycle (twice), and the Bartók and Shostakovich cycles have all won international critical acclaim.
Program:
String Quartet No. 16 in E flat major, K. 428 (1783) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
String Quartet No. 3 "Leaves of an Unwritten Diary" (2008) - Krzysztof Penderecki (b. 1933)
String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 “American” (1893) - Antonín Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
“An unusually fine group – musically, technically, in just about anywayone wants to view it” - The New York Times











