Callisto Quartet Appoints New Violinists

Cameron Daly and Gregory Lewis have recently joined the quartet, replacing outgoing violinists Paul and Rachel Aguilar

The American-Canadian Callisto Quartet was formed in 2016, and has received prizes at almost all of the world's most prestigious chamber music competitions, including the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and the Banff International String Quartet Competition.

Its newest members include violinists Cameron Daly and Gregory Lewis. They join violist Eva Kennedy and cellist Hannah Moses.

Cameron Daly comes to the quartet from a two-year stint playing in the Naples Philharmonic. He has made solo appearances with the Yale Symphony Orchestra as a winner of the William-Waite Concerto Competition, and served as concertmaster of the Yale Symphony, the Yale Philharmonia, and the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra. Prior to pursuing his master's degree in violin performance, Daly studied US-Russia relations and Soviet history at Yale.

Canadian-born Gregory Lewis is currently studying for his doctorate with Ani Kavafian at Yale. He has appeared as a soloist with orchestras including the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, Colburn Academy Virtuosi, Consortium Aurora Borealis, and the University of Manitoba Symphony Orchestra. Lewis has also received a number of accolades for chamber music.

"The Callisto Quartet welcomes violinists Cameron Daly and Gregory Lewis!" the group wrote. "We are so thrilled to begin this new chapter together and look forward to an exciting upcoming season (stay tuned for more news coming soon!)."

"We also want to thank Paul and Rachel Aguilar for their artistry, dedication, and friendship over these past several years. We will always cherish the time we spent together and wish them all the best in their future endeavors."

You can view a recent performance of Debussy's Quartet in G Minor below.