The Ciompi Quartet

This performance has been canceled. However, we plan to present some of the works from the concert later this spring via YouTube broadcast. We will update with details. Brahms: String Quartet #3 in B-Flat Major, Op. 67 John Supko: String Quartet, "soleil noir” World Premiere Franck: Piano Quintet in F Minor Time and venue T.B.A.

The Duke University Department of Music welcomes Lithuanian pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute to its faculty in 2020. Acclaimed by the New York Times as “an artist of commanding technique, refined temperament and persuasive insight,” the Ciompi Quartet are thrilled to collaborate with her on the second program of their season. The Ciompi offer the world premiere […]

Duke Chapel musicians and the Ciompi Quartet perform compositions with themes of remembrance, peace, and reconciliation by composers such as Joan Tower, Felix Mendelssohn, Shireen Abu-Khader, Ned Rorem, Ola Gjeilo, and George Walker. The musical performances are interwoven with poetic commentary. Please note: Face masks are required on the Duke campus in all indoor and […]

Carlos Chavez, String Quartet: No. 1; Silvestre Revueltas, String Quartet No. 1

Carlos Chavez, Quartet No. 1, Silvestre Revueltas, Quartet No. 1

Program TBA

A program of works created during the World War II period from three distinct nationalities: Irish-English, Soviet and German. The evening closes with a rare performance of Richard Strauss’s Metamorphosen for 23 Solo Strings written during the waning months of WWII and widely regarded as an elegy for Germany’s destruction during the war. Elizabeth Maconchy: […]

Brahms, String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67

Brahms, String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67

An exhilarating journey across time, place, and vastly different artistic sensibilities. Duke composer John Supko’s 2020 quartet, commissioned by the Ciompi, receives its first live performance; pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute joins the quartet for a major work by the Soviet composer Miecyslaw Weinberg; and the Quartet revives a favorite piece by mid-century American, William Grant Still. […]

The beauty, drama, and heartbreak of real life are woven into this program, which spans 250 years of the string quartet’s history. The Ciompi Quartet’s final Baldwin program this season is animated by the distinctive naturalism of three composers: Haydn, Janacek, and. Christopher Theofanidis. Poet Melissa Studdard and Theofanidis take Sufi poet Farid ud-Din Attar’s […]

William Grant Still: Lyric Quartette (1960) Elizabeth Maconchy: String Quartet #4 (1942) The Ciompi inaugurates two new series of free one-hour concerts featuring major works for string quartet in informal settings. Student ensembles from the Duke Chamber Music Program will be featured on these programs.

William Grant Still: Lyric Quartette (1960) Elizabeth Maconchy: String Quartet #4 (1942) The Ciompi inaugurates two new series of free one-hour concerts featuring major works for string quartet in informal settings. Student ensembles from the Duke Chamber Music Program will be featured on these programs.

The first concert of the Ciompi Presents 2022 Summer Chamber Music Series is presented by Caroline Stinson, cellist, performing with the Lydian String Quartet. The program, titled Invention and Discovery, includes Andrew Waggoner’s fifth quartet, Invention and Sinfonia by John Harbison, a quintet based on a theme by Shakespeare, and the great Schubert Cello Quintet – three works that open vast, immersive vistas of sound. Enhanced Musical Reality, no goggles needed.

The second concert of the Ciompi Presents 2022 Summer Chamber Music Series will feature Jonathan Bagg, violist with the Ciompi String Quartet, performing with Laura Gilbert (flute), Nicholas DiEugenio (violin), Raman Ramakrishnan (cello) and Mimi Solomon (piano). Program: Brahms' Piano Quartet Op. 60, a new flute quartet by Duke faculty composer Scott Lindroth, and works by David Kirkland Garner and Tatiana Nikolaeva.

Presented by Caroline Stinson with Nurit Pacht (violin), Emi Ferguson (flute), Stephanie Vial (cello) and Paolo Bordignon, (harpsichord). Program: Sonatas by Bach, Couperin and Veracini, and Telemann “Paris” Quartet.

The final concert of the Ciompi Quartet Presents 2022 Summer Chamber Music Series features violinist Eric Pritchard performing with Elizabeth Anderson (cello) and Brandt Fredriksen (piano). The program includes trios of Shostakovich, Bill Robinson, and Dvořák's "Dumky."

Fanny Hensel: String Quartet in E-Flat Major (1834).

Florence Price: String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor (1935) Selected movements.

Fanny Hensel: String Quartet in E-Flat Major (1834).

Florence Price: String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor (1935) Selected movements.

Anthony Kelley: Sidelines Fanny Hensel: String Quartet in E-flat major Florence Price: Second String Quartet

Florence Price’s unique voice ranges easily through the stylistic territory of late-romantic and mid-20th century classical music, while confidently incorporating ideas and idioms from Black American music.

Premier performances of works by Duke graduate composers Ethan Foote and Chris Williams.