Telegraph Quartet – Past Concerts
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.
The Telegraph Quartet: Naumburg Looks Back
Kenji Bunch — Selected works
Mieczysław Weinberg — Selected works
$25 (student/senior discount tickets available at the box office)
Friends of Chamber Music: Telegraph Quartet
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel — String Quartet in E-flat major
Alban Berg — Lyric Suite
$32-$59 ($20 ages 34 & under); available August 14
Friends of Chamber Music: Telegraph Quartet
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
$32-$59 ($20 ages 34 & under); available August 14
Emerald City Music: Quartet in Spotlight – Telegraph Quartet
Grażyna Bacewicz — String Quartet No. 4
Maurice Ravel — String Quartet in F major
$30-$40 ($10 student)
Emerald City Music: Quartet in Spotlight – Telegraph Quartet
Grażyna Bacewicz — String Quartet No. 4
Maurice Ravel — String Quartet in F major
$40-$55 ($10 student)
SFCM: Telegraph Quartet & St. Lawrence String Quartet perform Golijov Premiere
Maurice Ravel — String Quartet in F major (Telegraph Quartet)
Franz Joseph Haydn — String Quartet in D minor, Op. 76, No. 2, Hob. III:76 "Quinten" ("Fifths") (St. Lawrence String Quartet)
Osvaldo Golijov — Ever Yours (world premiere; Telegraph Quartet & St. Lawrence String Quartet)
Free (RSVP required for in-person attendance)
Music in Corrales: Telegraph Quartet (on-demand until 5/30/2021)
Johannes Brahms – String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2
$15
Crowden Music Center: Telegraph Quartet
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18, No. 1
Johannes Brahms – String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2
Free
Noe Music: Telegraph Quartet (on-demand)
Johannes Brahms – String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2
$20
SFCM: Composition Dept. with Telegraph Quartet [LIVE]
Free
SFCM Faculty Artist Series: Telegraph Quartet [LIVE]
Erich W. Korngold – String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 34
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131
Free (Free (reservation required))