Presented in collaboration with the Emerging String Quartet Program at Stanford University, the Balourdet Quartet is one of the finest young string quartets in North America, and they make their San Francisco debut with Noe Music!

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Balourdet String Quartet

Noe Valley Ministry

The award-winning Balourdet Quartet is joined by Juilliard String Quartet cellist Astrid Schween for a performance of Schubert’s immortal Cello Quintet. Also on the program, Haydn’s “Bird” Quartet and “Strange Machines” by Canadian composer Karim Al-Zand.

Digital Concert: Balourdet Quartet With Astrid Schween: Schubert Cello Quintet

Detroit Country Day School - Upper School

The celebrated Balourdet Quartet produces both emotionally intense and intimate moments on international stages. Its unique closeness and willingness to take creative risks earned it the 2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant, as well as Chamber Music America’s 2024 Cleveland Quartet Award. With more than 70 concerts per season, recent highlights include the Balourdet’s debuts at Carnegie and Wigmore Halls, and new string quartets by composers Karim Al-Zand and Paul Novak through grants from Chamber Music America (2021) and the Barlow Foundation (2023). They are currently the Graduate Quartet in Residence at the prestigious Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University and are recent graduates of the New England Conservatory’s Professional String Quartet Program.

Balourdet String Quartet

Nov 17, 2024