“An exceptionally talented group... With bows flying and notes swirling, this quartet has a bright future ahead” – Ponca City News

The Balourdet Quartet received the Grand Prize at the 2021 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition as well as the top prize in the 2021 Premio Paolo Borciani in Reggio Emilia, Italy. The group also received the Gold Medal in the 2020 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, the Gold Medal and Audience Award at the 2021 Chamber Music Yellow Springs Competition, and the Second Prize in the 2019 Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition.

Highlights of the Balourdet’s 2022-23 season include appearances at Chamber Music Detroit, the Grand Piano Series in Naples, FL, NEC’s Jordan Hall, Merkin Hall, and Wigmore Hall. Summer 2022 also saw the Balourdet performing at festivals including at Bravo! Vail, Music Mountain, and Strings Music Festival. Additionally this season, the quartet is thrilled to premiere a new commissioned work by celebrated composer Karim AlZand, made possible through Chamber Music America’s Classical Commissioning Grant.

Program:

• W.A. MOZART String Quartet in D Minor, K. 421 “Haydn”
• ANNA WEESNER The Eight Lost Songs of Orlando Underground for clarinet quintet (2018)
• L. van BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F Major, Opus 59 #1