VC ARTIST | Rolston Quartet – Banff String Quartet Competition 1st Prize Winners

The Rolston String Quartet has in recent years firmly established themselves as one of the most celebrated young chamber ensembles to emerge internationally

The Canadian-based Rolston String Quartet has in recent years firmly established themselves as one of the most celebrated young chamber ensembles to emerge internationally.

Comprising violinists Luri Lee and Emily Kruspe, violist Hezekiah Leung and cellist Jonathan Lo, the Rolstons are former 1st prize winners at the M-Prize, Yellow Springs and Banff International String Quartet Competitions - and the Astral Artists National Auditions.

The ensemble was recently awarded Chamber Music America's prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award.

The Rolstons are represented by Andrew Kwan Artists Management in Canada, Sciolino Artist Managment in the United States - and Konzerdirektion Andrea Hampl in Europe.

 

VC ARTIST ROLSTON STRING QUARTET | DEBUSSY STRING QUARTET IN G MINOR | 1ST MVT | 2019

 

VC ARTIST ROLSTON STRING QUARTET | SCHUBERT STRING QUARTET NO. 13 IN A MINOR "ROSAMUNDE" | 2ND MVT | 2019

 

VC ARTIST ROLSTON STRING QUARTET | TCHAIKOVSKY | KAMARINSKAJA (ARR. DUBINSKY) | 2019

 

VC ARTIST ROLSTON STRING QUARTET | TCHAIKOVSKY | THE NEW DOLL | 2019

 

VC ARTIST ROLSTON STRING QUARTET | TCHAIKOVSKY | MORNING PRAYER | 2019

 

VC ARTIST ROLSTON STRING QUARTET | HAYDN | STRING QUARTET IN B MAJOR OP. 76 NO. 4 "SUNRISE" | 4TH MVT | 2019

 

VC ARTIST ROLSTON STRING QUARTET | BRAHMS | STRING QUARTET NO. 2 IN A MINOR | 1ST MVT | 2019

 

Luri Lee - 1st Violin 

Violin: 1740 Carlo Tononi

Bow: George Leon Lamy c.1910

Strings: Jargar Superior 

Teachers: Pamela Frank | Paul Kantor | Barry Shiffman | Erika Raum

Schools: University of Toronto | Peabody Conservatory of Music | Rice University | Glenn Gould School

 

Emily Kruspe - 2nd Violin

Violin: Stefano Scarampella 1900

Bow: Joseph Arthur Vigneron 

Strings: Jargar Superior 

Teachers: Paul Kantor | Erika Raum | Martin Beaver | Barry Shiffman

Schools: Colburn School | Glenn Gould School | University of Toronto

Hezekiah Leung - Viola

Viola: 2014 Jürgen Manthey

Bow: Francois Malo 

Strings: Jargar Superior 

Accessories: Pirastro Korfkerrest 

Teachers: Barry Shiffman | Steven Dann | Stephen Shipps | James Dunham

Schools: University of Michigan | Glenn Gould School | Rice University 

Jonathan Lo - Cello

Cello: Giovanni Cavani, c. 1880

Bow: Eugene Sartory

Strings: Jargar Superior 

Teachers: Norman Fischer | Desmond Hoebig | Andrés Diaz | Joel Krosnick | Steven Doane | Rosemary Elliott | Audrey Nodwell

Schools: Rice University | Glenn Gould School | The Juilliard School | Eastman School of Music

Website: http://www.rolstonstringquartet.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rolstonsq/

Instagram: @rolstonquartet