Since its founding in 1965, the Ciompi Quartet of Duke University has delighted audiences and impressed critics around the world. All its members are professors at Duke, where they teach instrumental lessons, coordinate and coach chamber music, and perform across campus in concert halls, libraries, dormitories and classrooms. In a career that spans five continents and includes many hundreds of concerts, the Ciompi Quartet has developed a reputation for performances of real intelligence and musical sophistication, with a warm, unified sound that allows each player’s individual voice to emerge.
“… intelligent and sure…”
The New York Times
Latest Recording
A Duke Moment
Released April 30, 2025
Works by Anthony Kelley, Stephen Jaffe, and Scott Lindroth
A celebration of the quartet’s strong relationship with Duke’s faculty in composition.
Ciompi String Quartet
Susan Fancher, saxophone
“… music-making of remarkable poise and control.”
Cleveland Plain Dealer