Avalon String Quartet

The Avalon String Quartet performs on the Cedille recording available here: https://www.cedillerecords.org/albums/leo-sowerby-the-paul-whiteman-commissions-other-early-works/ Classics Today calls it a "delightful, even astonishing release....Sowerby’s First String...

The Avalon String Quartet will be performing this Wednesday Dec 16th at 12:15 on the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts /WFMT broadcast which will be celebrating Beethoven's 250th Anniversary. We hope you can all tune in for this special event! Program: Beethoven...

Unfortunately we have to postpone our next Ganz Hall concert, April 5th, due to the Covid-19 situation. We are postponing or canceling most performances in the spring. We will keep updating this page with any changes.

  Grammy Nomination for Best Classical Compendium! We are honored to be a part of Harold Meltzer's Grammy nominated album: Songs and Structures on Bridge Records. Congratulations Harold!...

2020 Beethoven and Beyond at Ganz Hall The Avalon String Quartet Celebrates Beethoven’s 250th Year A yearlong series of concerts presenting the complete Beethoven Quartet Cycle alongside a set of newly commissioned miniature companion works: Bagatelles Beethoven and...

We are very pleased to announce that a recording of the complete quartets by American composer Matthew Quayle is now out on Naxos American Classics! “I am delighted to share the Avalon Quartet’s powerful rendition of my three string quartets on Naxos. These remarkable...

Press Release: Avalon String Quartet Downtown Series 2018-2019 We are excited to be moving our series to beautiful Ganz Hall this year.   Admission is Free  Ganz Hall at Roosevelt University (Please note different start times) Sunday October 14th at 2:30 Bach The Art...

The Avalon String Quartet begins their seventh season of concerts in historic Fullerton Hall at the Art Institute of Chicago on Sunday, November 5 at 2:00pm.  The quartet will present four concerts on this year’s series, now one of the most acclaimed and popular...

AVALON STRING QUARTET at the ART INSTITUTE of CHICAGO 2016-2017 Quartet returns for sixth consecutive season in historic Fullerton Hall CHICAGO -- The Avalon String Quartet announces their return to the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) in 2016-2017 for a sixth...