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EPSG:4326

Graduate String Quartet-in-Residence – Balourdet Quartet

Auer Hall

The Balourdet Quartet, based in Boston, Massachusetts, is currently in residence at the New England Conservatory’s Professional String Quartet Program. The quartet received the Grand Prize at the 2021 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition, as well as prizes in international competitions including the Banff, Paolo Borciani, and Carl Nielsen competitions. They were also awarded the Gold Medal at the 2020 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and the 2021 Chamber Music Yellow Springs Competition.

Balourdet Quartet

Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center

This brilliant ensemble is shining brightly with Grand Prize at the 2021 Concert Artists Guild and the 2020 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition! Formed at the Shepherd School of Music in 2018, these young performers are coming home for their CMH premiere.

Alice Pratt Brown Hall

The Balourdet Quartet, based in Boston, Massachusetts, has performed at festivals and series including the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival, the Aspen Music Festival, La Jolla Music Society Summerfest, the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts, Montgomery Chamber Music, Santa Fe ProMusica, and the Schneider Concert Series. The quartet received the Grand Prize at the 2021 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition, as well as prizes in international competitions including the Banff, Paolo Borciani, and Carl Nielsen competitions. They were also awarded the Gold Medal at the 2020 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and the 2021 Chamber Music Yellow Springs Competition. Highlights of the Balourdet’s 2022-23 season included appearances at Chamber Music Detroit, New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Merkin Hall, and Wigmore Hall. 

Northwestern University

Legendary pianist Marc-André Hamelin teams up with the sensational Balourdet Quartet, for a program of Mendelssohn, Al-Zand and Franck’s popular PIano Quintet. The Balourdet Quartet received Grand Prize at the 2021 Concert Artists Guild Competition, the Gold Medal at the 2020 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and is currently in residence at the New England Conservatory.

Marc-André Hamelin & Balourdet Quartet

Shalin Liu Performance Center

Unfiltered charts the evolution of four individuals filled with raw unbridled passion for chamber music. The Balourdet Quartet explores as a string quartet what it takes to work together in a chaotic world and overcome challenges through music and friendship. As Beethoven once said, "True friendship can be based only on the union of similar ways of being.” Experience the synthesis of minds and personalities through some of the greatest chamber music ever written. Join the Balourdet Quartet on this journey with exciting stage and lighting design in this innovative concert experience!

Kaufman Music Center

Winners of the 2021 CAG Victor Elmaleh Competition, flutist Adam Sadberry and the Balourdet String Quartet perform a concert of beloved works for flute and string quartet. Singing is basic to human musical expression. This program emphasizes the vocal qualities of the flute and string instruments, from the operatic character of the Wolf to the tender lyricism and warmth in the Mendelssohn, the conversational exchange of the Jet Whistle, and the soaring melodies of the Beach. 

Russell Houston

Cellist

Events

Apr 24, 2024

Graduate String Quartet-in-Residence – Balourdet Quartet · Indiana University Jacobs School of Music

Feb 4, 2024

Balourdet Quartet · La Jolla Music Society

Jan 23, 2024

Balourdet Quartet · The Shepherd School of Music

Jan 5, 2024

Balourdet Quartet · Northwestern Bienen School of Music

Jun 25, 2023

Marc-André Hamelin & Balourdet Quartet · Rockport Music

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