VC ARTISTS | Attacca Quartet - ‘Vivacious ... exuberant, funky, and ... exactingly nuanced’

The New York-based Attacca String Quartet have firmly been establishing themselves as one of the new generation’s premier, young chamber ensembles

The internationally acclaimed, New York-based Attacca String Quartet have firmly been establishing themselves as one of the new generation’s premier, young chamber ensembles.

Comprised of violinists Amy Schroeder and Keiko Tokunaga, violist Nathan Schram and cellist Andrew Yee, the Attacca Quartet are the recipients of distinguished prizes at the Osaka, Melbourne and Coleman International Chamber Music Competitions - and were recently described by The New York Times as ‘vivacious ... exuberant, funky, and ... exactingly nuanced’.

From 2011-2013 they served as the Juilliard Graduate Resident String Quartet, and for the 2014 – 2015 season the Attacca Quartet was named the Quartet in Residence for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

VC ARTISTS ATTACCA QUARTET | BEETHOVEN | STRING QUARTET NO. 1, OP. 18 NO. 1 | 2ND MVT | 2017

 

VC ARTISTS ATTACCA QUARTET | HAYDN | STRING QUARTET OP. 50, NO. 6 "THE FROG" | 4TH MVT | WQXR | 2017 

 

VC ARTISTS ATTACCA QUARTET | JANÁČEK | STRING QUARTET NO. 2 "INTIMATE LETTERS" | 3RD MVT | 2017

 

VC ARTISTS ATTACCA QUARTET | JOHN ADAMS | JOHN'S BOOK OF ALLEGED DANCES | ALLIGATOR ESCALATOR | 2015

 

VC ARTISTS ATTACCA QUARTET | HAYDN | STRING QUARTET OP. 64, NO. 4 | 4TH MVT | 2017

 

VC ARTISTS ATTACCA QUARTET | MICHAEL IPPOLITO | SMOKE RINGS | 2015

 

VC ARTISTS ATTACCA QUARTET | CHRIS ROGERSON | STRING QUARTET NO. 2 | 2ND MVT | 2015

 

VC ARTISTS ATTACCA QUARTET | RICHARD WILSON | STRING QUARTET NO. 4 | 2016

 

Name: Amy Schroeder

Violin: 2011 Nathan Slobodkin 

Bows: 1890 Eugene Sartory and John Aniano

Violin: Nathan Slobodkin - 2011

Strings: Pirastro Evah Pirazzi G, D, A and Lenzner Goldbrokat E

Accessories: Tartini Solo Rosin, Bam Contoured Violin Case

Teachers: Sally Thomas, Juilliard String Quartet, Thomas Halpin, Karen Campbell, Ann Setzer

 

Name: Keiko Tokunaga

Violin: 1900 Scarampella

Bow: Maire

Strings: Pirastro Evah Pirazzi 

Accessories: William Salchow Rosin, Mach One Shoulder Rest

Teachers: Chikashi Tanaka, Hyo Kang, David Chan

 

Name: Nathan Schram

Viola: Tetsuo Matsuda, Chicago 1983

Bow: German Bow and Berg Fiberglass Bow

Strings: Pirastro Evah Pirazzi C, G, D Strings and Larson A String 

Accessories: Wolf Forte Second Viola Shoulder Rest

Teachers: Alan DeVeritch, Diemut Poppen, Yuval Gotlibovich

 

Name: Andrew Yee

Cello: 2001 Nathan Slobodkin

Bow: Middle School Cello Bow and John Aniano Classical Bow

Strings: Larsen A and D, Thomastik Spirocore G and C, Belcanto Gold C 

Accessories: Red Accord Case, William Salchow Rosin, Carbon Fiber Endpin 

Teachers: Mary Wagner, Loran D. Stephenson, Fred Sherry, Joel Krosnick