Grammy-Winning Attacca Quartet At Princeton Festival On Saturday

PRINCETON, NJ – On Saturday at 7 p.m., the two-time Grammy Award-Winning Attacca Quartet will team up with dancers from the American Repertory Ballet for an evening of contemporary ballet at the Princeton Festival.

On the program are ballet excerpts from Circadia, choreographed by Caili Quan to the music of Gabriella Smith’s ‘Carrot Revolution’, and ‘Wood Work’, choreographed by Ethan Stiefel to Nordic folk tunes arranged by the Danish String Quartet.

Attacca Quartet will also be performing compositions by Pulitzer Prize-winning composers John Adams, ‘Alleged Dances’ (II, IV), and Caroline Shaw, ‘The Evergreen’, from Shaw’s ‘Evergreen’ album, which won Attacca Quartet its 2023 Grammy Award. The event takes place in the Festival performance pavilion on the grounds of Morven Museum & Garden.

Tickets for the Attacca Quartet and American Repertory Ballet performance at $15, youths 5-17 receive a 50 percent discount with an adult purchase. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit princetonsymphony.org/festival or call (609) 497-0020.