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Caroline Stinson Joins the Quartet
Canadian-born cellist Caroline Stinson has been appointed the new cellist in Duke University’s Ciompi Quartet upon the retirement of Frederic Raimi from the group at the end of this season. A member of the Lark Quartet since 2008 and previously a member of the Cassatt Quartet, she taught cello and chamber music at Syracuse University…
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It’s what we do…
I have to say that, although it gives me joy to have performed and toured with the Quartet in many countries around the world, living among my students as a […]
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An excellent adventure
The Ciompi Quartet played two concerts at the Fougeres Music Festival in Brittany, France, in May of 2014. It was a lovely trip, made so by the two essential elements: […]
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A visit to China
The Quartet visited four cities in China in December, 2013. Each time the we travel there (this was our fourth), new and interesting developments are evident in the musical scene. […]
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Program Notes: Schubert and Tchaikovsky
Quartet in D-major, D. 94 by Franz Schubert Quartet in F-major, Op. 22 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky It would be hard to imagine two more dissimilar works than these within the realm […]
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Things only cellists do, by Fred Raimi
I went on an errand this afternoon. I needed to get my endpin sharpened. An endpin (called a spike in England) is the rod that protrudes from the bottom of […]
