The Ciompi Quartet

The Ciompi continues its two series of one-hour concerts featuring major works for string quartet in informal settings. Student ensembles from the Duke Chamber Music Program are also featured on these programs.

Ciompi is joined for this performance by the Larkspur Quartet. Larkspur was the inaugural participant in the Duke Arts exchange and Meeting the World Through Chamber Music created by Ciompi members Hsiao-mei Ku and Caroline Stinson in 2022

The Program – Larkspur Quartet
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73, V. Moderato – Adagio

Lewis Zhu ‘25, violin, Math and Economics majors; Music minor
Myles Bell ’25, violin, Biomedical Engineering and Computer Science majors
Alicia Yang ‘25, viola, Biology and Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies interdepartmental
major; Chemistry minor
Jacob Egol ‘29, cello, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Ph.D. Student

The Program – Ciompi Quartet
Franz Schubert: Quartettsatz in C minor, D. 703 (1820)
Chen Yi (b. 1953): “At the Kansas City New Year Concert for String Quartet”, III. Blue Dragon Sword Dance. (2003)
Ludwig Van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59 No. 3 (1808)

Northstar is located in Downtown Durham, near Motorco and Central Park