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CHAD SMITH · MAY 2015 ‘The Calders strike me as perhaps the most curious and catholic quartet of their generation, to say nothing of their prowess as players. From their work with today’s most...
View ArticleWQXR – Thomas Adès Explores Time Real and Imagined with the Calder Quartet
Thomas Adès’s newest album, “The Twenty-Fifth Hour” is a fascinating exploration of time both real and envisioned. It opens with the Los Angeles-based Calder Quartet joined by the composer on his Piano...
View ArticleSAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE – Album review: Thomas Adès, ‘The Twenty-Fifth Hour’
It doesn’t matter how firmly I get the notion of Thomas Adès’ creative genius fixed in my mind — the beauty, ingenuity and expressive richness of his music always catches me by surprise. The latest...
View ArticleSTRINGS MAGAZINE – The Space Between the Notes
After an all-Mozart CD with pianist Anne-Marie McDer- mott, the hip, young, and outstanding Calder Quartet (violinists Benjamin Jacobson and Andrew Bulbrook, violist Jonathan Moerschel, and cellist...
View ArticleTHE GUARDIAN – Sound Unbound: ‘the intimacy of the experience took me by...
A baroque encounter and a string quartet transport Anthony Uzarowski as he dips a toe into the world of classical music Full Article
View ArticleLOS ANGELES TIMES – A quirky thread runs through L.A. Phil Green Umbrella...
Near the end of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Green Umbrella program Tuesday night, three local string quartets were arrayed on a darkened Walt Disney Concert Hall stage for George Brecht’s String...
View ArticleWASHINGTON POST – Calder Quartet continues to inspire
Few string quartets can command the stage like the Calder Quartet. At the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater on Sunday afternoon, the California-based ensemble proved why it remains a must-hear on the...
View ArticleMUSICAL AMERICA – Ojai Festival, Not for the Faint of Heart
…All six of Bartók’s string quartets were performed over three programs, a first in the festival’s history. The superb Calder Quartet, in a memorable Ojai debut, captured the composer’s developing...
View ArticleVARIETY – Craig Armstrong Honored With Career Tribute by ASCAP
The Armstrong tribute, which included poignant interpretations of Armstrong’s music for “Gatsby” and “Love Actually” by the Calder Quartet, was preceded by an equally moving paean to James Horner, the...
View ArticleBILLBOARD – Craig Armstrong, Ennio Morricone, Timbaland Win Big At ASCAP...
Director Oliver Stone, with whom Armstrong worked on the upcoming Snowden, as well as three past projects, including World Trade Center and the docu-series, The Untold History Of The United States,...
View ArticleCLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER – Calder Quartet concludes Transformer Station...
The Calder Quartet concluded its two-year, four-concert residency at Transformer Station Thursday with a short but impressive program presenting two works requiring intense concentration on the parts...
View ArticleCLEVELAND CLASSICAL – Calder Quartet at Transformer Station
The Calder Quartet’s concert sponsored by the Cleveland Museum of Art on Thursday evening, March 31 was an extraordinary event both musically and in its setting… Full Article
View ArticleBOSTON CLASSICAL REVIEW – Calder Quartet gives stellar advocacy to Hillborg...
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View ArticleCLASSICAL VOICE AMERICA – Destined For Met, Eerie Angel Bows At Salzburg Fest
…Adès was at the center of a chamber concert the following evening at the Mozarteum featuring the Calder Quartet. The composer joined them for his Piano Quintet, creating floating, impressionistic...
View ArticleTHE GUARDIAN – Calder Quartet/Komsi review – Eötvös Sirens’ test is navigated...
Wigmore Hall, London Peter Eötvös’s new Sirens Cycle blends Kafka, Joyce and Homer in strikingly different sections. Piia Komsi met its challenges with operatic brilliance… Full Article
View ArticleNEW YORK TIMES – Exploring a Cathartic Moment in a Lengthy String Quartet
A funny notion, selecting a single, favorite page from Morton Feldman’s String Quartet No. 2. After all, this 1983 opus of titanic duration and fearsome reputation can last anywhere from under four...
View ArticleWALL STREET JOURNAL – Training Tips for a Marathon Musical Performance
…This Saturday, lovers of modern classical music get their own endurance event at the Met Cloisters, when the Calder Quartet offers a rare performance of Morton Feldman’s 1983 piece “String Quartet No....
View ArticleTHE WEST AUSTRALIAN – Classic strings to their bows
Beethoven and Beyond 5 stars Calder Quartet Winthrop Hall REVIEW WILLIAM YEOMAN This group of three concerts, performed across as many days from Friday through to Sunday as part of PIAF’s Chamber Music...
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