VC ARTISTS | The Dover Quartet – ‘The Young American String Quartet of the Moment’

The Dover Quartet were recently dubbed by the New Yorker magazine as ‘the young American string quartet of the moment’

The Philadelphia-based Dover Quartet has firmly established themselves as one of the most in-demand young, chamber ensembles to emerge internationally in recent years.

Graduates of the Curtis Institute of Music, the Dover are top prize winners at the Fischoff, Wigmore Hall and Banff International String Quartet Competitions - and recent recipients of the prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award and the Lincoln Center 'Hunt Family' prize, for outstanding achievement. 

Comprising violinists Joel Link and Bryan Lee, violist Milena Pajaro-Van de Stadt and cellist Camden Shaw, the Quartet was recently dubbed by the New Yorker as ‘the young American string quartet of the moment’ – with the Chicago Tribune suggesting they ‘have it in them to become the next Guarneri String Quartet’.

The Dover currently perform in excess of 100 concerts per year internationally – and have been recently appointed the Quartet-in-Residence at the Northwestern University Bienen School of Music and the Caramoor Festival.

THE DOVER QUARTET | DVORAK | 'AMERICAN' STRING QUARTET | 1ST MVT | 2016

 

THE DOVER QUARTET | BRAHMS | STRING QUARTET IN A MAJOR, OP. 51, NO. 2 | 2013 BANFF INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET COMPETITION

 

THE DOVER QUARTET | SHOSTAKOVICH | STRING QUARTET NO. 3 | ARTOSPHERE

 

THE DOVER QUARTET | HAYDN | 'SUNRISE' STRING QUARTET | 2013 BANFF INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET COMPETITION

 

THE DOVER QUARTET | BEETHOVEN | STRING QUARTET IN E MINOR, OP. 59, NO. 2 | 2013 BANFF INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET COMPETITION

 

THE DOVER QUARTET | MOZART | 'HOFFMEISTER' STRING QUARTET | 4TH MVT | 2014

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k02rEqA1BO4&showinfo=0&autohide=1

THE DOVER QUARTET | DAVID LUDWIG | PALE BLUE DOT | 2015

 

THE DOVER QUARTET | BEETHOVEN | STRING QUARTET OP. 59, NO. 3 | ALLEGRO MOLTO | PERFORMANCE TODAY | 2013

 

THE DOVER QUARTET | DVORAK | STRING QUARTET NO. 11, OP. 61 | 3RD MVT | COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO | 2014

 

Name: Violinist, Joel Link

Violin: 1856-1857 Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, 1793 Josef Gagliano

Bow: John Norwood Lee

Strings: Thomastik Vision Solo

Rosin: Melos

Shoulder Rest: Kun Original

Teachers: Joseph Silverstein, Pamela Frank, Frank Huang, Roland Vamos

Schools: The Curtis Institute of Music | Rice University

Website: www.doverquartet.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheDoverQuartet

 

Name: Violinist, Bryan Lee

Violin: 1904 Riccardo Antoniazzi

Bow: François Nicolas Voirin

Strings: Thomastik Peter Infeld | Goldbrokat E

Accessories: Andrea Bang Rosin | Kun Bravo Shoulder Rest

Teachers: Pamela Frank, Victor Danchenko, Choong-Jin Chang, Soovin Kim, Frank Huang

Schools: The Curtis Institute of Music | Rice University

Website: www.doverquartet.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/thedoverquartet

 

Name: Violist, Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt

Viola: Gabrielle Kundert

Bow: David Samuels, Isaac Salchow, Francois Malo, Malcolm Taylor, John Dalley

Strings: Larsen A | Thomastik Spirocore D, G, C

Accessories: Sheriff Rosin

Teachers: Michael Tree, Roberto Diaz, Misha Amory, Joseph DePasquale, James Dunham, Michael Klotz, Sergiu Schwartz and Melissa Pierson Barrett

Schools: The Curtis Institute of Music | Rice University

Website: www.doverquartet.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/thedoverquartet

 

Name: Cellist, Camden Shaw

Cello: 2010 Sam Zygmuntowicz

Bow: 2014 Elizabeth Van Der Veer Shaak

Strings: Larsen Magnacore

Accessories: Planetary Perfection Geared Pegs | Marvin Cable Tailpiece | Tone Acoustics “Grand Concerto” Endpin

Rosin: Pops Bass Rosin

Teachers: Toby Saks, Peter Wiley, Norman Fischer, David Finkel, Steven Isserlis

Schools: The Curtis Institute of Music | Rice University | IMS Prussia Cove

Website: www.doverquartet.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/thedoverquartet