With an incomparable list of achievements over three decades, the Emerson String Quartet stands alone in the history of string quartets. Of its nine Grammy Awards, two are for Best Classical Album, an unprecedented honor for a chamber music group. The quartet has three Gramophone Awards, the coveted Avery Fisher Prize and an international reputation for groundbreaking projects, including cycles of the complete Beethoven, Bartók, Mendelssohn and Shostakovich string quartets in the world’s musical capitals.
Though dedicated to the performance of classical repertoire, the Emerson Quartet has also demonstrated a commitment to the commissioning and performance of 20th- and 21st-century music, including more than 20 important commissions and world premieres.
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