Friends of Chamber Music: Telegraph Quartet

Benjamin Britten — String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 25
George Walker — String Quartet No. 1
Vivian Fung — String Quartet No. 1 ("III. Pizzicato")
Antonín Dvořák — String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat major, Op. 105

Grand prize winner of the 2014 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition and winner of the prestigious 2016 Naumburg Chamber Music Award, the Telegraph Quartet is known for "a combination of brilliance and subtlety." (The Telegraph)

"Soulfulness, tonal beauty and intelligent attention to detail." – San Francisco Chronicle

The Telegraph Quartet will perform two separate programs at Lincoln Performance Hall: Monday, January 22, and Tuesday, January 23, each at 7:30pm.

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About Telegraph Quartet

The Telegraph Quartet (Eric Chin and Joseph Maile, violins; Pei Ling Lin, viola; Jeremiah Shaw, cello) formed in 2013 with an equal passion for standard and contemporary chamber music repertoire. Described by the San Francisco Chronicle as “...an incredibly valuable addition to the cultural landscape” and “powerfully adept... with a combination of brilliance and subtlety,” the Telegraph Quartet was awarded the prestigious 2016 Walter W. Naumburg Chamber Music Award and the Grand Prize at the 2014 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition.

The Quartet has collaborated with pianists Leon Fleisher and Simone Dinnerstein; cellists Norman Fischer and Bonnie Hampton; violinist Ian Swensen; composer vocalist Theo Bleckmann; and the Henschel Quartett. A fervent champion of 20th and 21st century repertoire, the Telegraph Quartet has premiered works by John Harbison, Robert Sirota, and Richard Festinger. In 2018 the Quartet released its debut album, Into the Light, featuring works by Anton Webern, Benjamin Britten, and Leon Kirchner on the Centaur label.

Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Quartet is currently on the chamber music faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music as the Quartet-in-Residence and has given master classes internationally. In November 2020, Telegraph launched ChamberFEAST!, a chamber music workshop in Taiwan.

http://www.telegraphquartet.com/