The UCalgary String Quartet

From Klezmer music to Beethoven: music that speaks to all audiences!

The UCalgary String Quartet is the quartet in residence at the University of Calgary. The quartet has performed nationally and internationally and has been recorded by CBC Radio for regional and national broadcasts, Radio Europa, and the National Radio of Portugal. It has collaborated with many distinguished artists, such as Anton Kuerti, pianist, and Amada Forsyth, cellist (founding cellist of the UCalgary String Quartet)
The quartet's repertoire covers a wide spectrum of music and the members of the quartet have had a broad range of performing experiences. As the resident string quartet at the University of Calgary, it has commissioned and premiered works by U of C Composition faculty, graduate students and alumni. Most recently, the quartet completed performances of the entire Beethoven string quartet cycle- a first in Calgary.
The UCalgary String Quartet was nominated for the Instrumental Group of the Year Award at the Canadian Folk Music Awards and at the Western Canadian Music Awards. The nominated recording, on the American label MSR Classics, is titled Far Behind I Left My Country - Klezmer and East European Folk Music - Arranged and Composed by Edmond Agopian.
 
 The UCalgary String Quartet is supported by the John Lee Roberts Distinguished Professorship in Fine Arts award.