After nearly four decades of acclaimed performances at Stanford and around the world, the St. Lawrence String Quartet introduces the St. Lawrence Legacy Series. This new initiative, in partnership with Stanford Live, showcases three of today’s most celebrated string quartets—ranging from legendary ensembles to rising stars and fresh competition winners. Each group will spend a week on campus in a wide-ranging residency focused on mentorship, collaboration, and community engagement, culminating in a world-class performance at Bing Concert Hall.

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Brentano Quartet

Stanford University

With a career spanning over three decades, the much sought-after Brentano Quartet returns for their ninth appearance on the Chamber Music Detroit stage.  Now occupying the coveted faculty residency at Yale University previously held by the Tokyo String Quartet, they will perform works by Schubert, Beethoven, and Timo Andres.

Detroit Country Day School - Upper School

Acclaimed for “wonderful, selfless music-making” (The Times, London), the magnificent Brentano Quartet returns to the Society for its annual appearance, joining forces with Philadelphia favorites Conyers and Biss for an afternoon of late Beethoven and Schubert’s magnificent Trout Quintet.

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

Our historic 80th season concludes with the visionary Brentano Quartet in two of the greatest masterworks in the literature. Join us for a guided journey from the high seriousness of Beethoven’s 13th string quartet, written in the final years of the composer’s life, to the youthful celebration found in the 22-year-old Franz Schubert’s Trout Quintet, performed here with two of chamber music’s most sought-after collaborators, Jonathan Biss and Joseph Conyers.