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Emerson String Quartet Wiki Information
The Emerson String Quartet
is a renowned New York–based string quartet in residence at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Previously the Quartet was in residence at The Hartt School. Formed in 1976, they have released more than twenty albums and won eight Grammy Awards. Both violinists in the quartet were students of the noted violinist Oscar Shumsky. Formed in the bicentennial year of the United States, the Emerson String Quartet took its name from the great American poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. Violinists Drucker and Setzer alternate as first and second violinists.
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EMERSON STRING QUARTET TICKETS
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Members
- Eugene Drucker, violin
- Philip Setzer, violin
- Lawrence Dutton, viola
- David Finckel, cello
Finckel frequently performs with his wife, pianist Wu Han.
Awards and recognition
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance
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- 2006 Intimate Voices
- 2005 Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets
- 2000 Shostakovich: The String Quartets
- 1998 Beethoven: The String Quartets
- 1993 Ives: String Quartets Nos. 1, 2; Barber: String Quartet Op.11 (American Originals)
- 1989 Bartók: 6 String Quartets
Grammy Award for Best Classical Album
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- 2000 Shostakovich: The String Quartets
- 1989 Bartók: 6 String Quartets
References
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