Violist

Celebrated for their “multifaceted artistry” and “brilliantly idiomatic” programming (New York Times), the Poiesis Quartet is the winner of the 2026 Cleveland Quartet Award and the First Prize and Commission Prize recipients of the 2025 Banff International String Quartet Competition. They will perform works from the canon by Joseph Haydn and Sergei Prokofiev alongside contemporary works by Sky Macklay, Chickasaw classical composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, and a newly commissioned work by Kevin Lau.

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Poiesis Quartet

Fisher Center at Bard

Following their Caramoor debut in the Fall, the Poiesis Quartet returns with another program that showcases their fresh take on chamber music. Formed at Oberlin in 2022 and now based in Cincinnati, this award-winning ensemble has quickly gained national attention, with honors including the 2023 Fischoff Grand Prize and joining the Concert Artists Guild roster in 2024. Known for their rich, cohesive sound and adventurous programming, the quartet breathes new life into classical masterworks while amplifying bold, contemporary voices. Don’t miss the chance to experience one of today’s most compelling young string quartets.

The Rosen House at Caramoor

Experience the bold, expressive sound of the Poesis Quartet, Grand Prize winner at the 2023 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. Formed in 2022 at Oberlin, the Quartet has swiftly risen to prominence, joining the Concert Artists Guild roster in 2024. Renowned for their cohesive artistry and adventurous programming, the group lives up to its name—poesis, from the Greek “to make”—with performances that forge new paths in chamber music. Dedicated to championing the voices of emerging and historically underrepresented composers, the Poesis Quartet brings this vibrant mission to life in their Caramoor residency.

Schneider Concerts Presents | Poiesis String Quartet - NY Debut

The New School College of Performing Arts

The Poiesis Quartet conclude their Caramoor residency with another bold program. Performing in the intimate Music Room, the Quartet explore queer identity and heritage through a contemporary program including the Chickasaw-inspired textures of Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate’s Pisachi alongside newly –commissioned pieces by Jeff Scott, Max Lang, Daniel Lasagna, Maya Irizarry Lambright, and Calvin Ray Shawler. This performance highlights the ensemble's commitment to social narrative and musical innovation, offering a unique window into the future of the string quartet. The Quartet’s November concert at Caramoor was chosen as one of the best classical performances of 2025 by The New York Times.

Creating something new, bringing something into being that did not exist before: that is the meaning of the ancient Greek verb poiein. Sarah Ying Ma thought it a fitting name when she and her fellow Oberlin Conservatory students Max Ball, Jasper de Boor, and Drew Dansby founded a string quartet in Ohio in 2022. And the four of them hit the ground running: after just one year, the Poiesis Quartet — which collectively identifies as queer — shot straight to first prize at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. Fun fact: their final round of rehearsals was propelled by a special sense of urgency, as they had accidentally prepared according to the previous year’s repertoire guidelines. More awards followed, most recently first prize at the renowned Banff International String Quartet Competition, which also comes with their debut at Lucerne Festival. The “American Dream” of this American quartet? Giving a platform to composers who do not belong to the traditional canon. They will fully embrace that artistic freedom in Lucerne as well: with Pisachi by Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, a member of the Chickasaw Nation, and a quartet by the Black composer Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, who fused classical, jazz, and pop idioms in his music.

Violist

Jasper de Boor

Events

Upcoming events

Jul 2, 2026

Poiesis Quartet · Caramoor

Sep 10, 2026

Poiesis Quartet · Lucerne Festival

Past events

May 31, 2026

Poiesis Quartet · Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College

May 3, 2026

Poiesis Quartet · Caramoor

Future and recently performed repertoire

Viola in String Quartet in D major by Haydn

Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College

Viola in Pisachi by Tate

Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College

Viola in String Quartet No. 2 by Prokofiev

Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College

Viola in String Quartet in F major by Ravel

Lucerne Festival

Viola in String Quartet No. 1 by Perkinson

Lucerne Festival

Viola in Many, Many Cadences by Macklay

Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College

Viola in String Quartet No. 7 by Lau

Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College

Viola in commonplace little perils by Lang

Caramoor

Viola in Circus of the Mind by Lasagna

Caramoor

Viola in Order by Shawler

Caramoor

Viola in forest of taldeni by Lambright

Caramoor

Viola in Tapestry of the Beloved Beatified by Scott

Caramoor

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