Shanghai Quartet

The Shanghai Quartet is a well-known string quartet. Originally formed in Shanghai, this versatile ensemble is known for their musicality, technique, and multicultural innovations.

Since its founding at the Shanghai Conservatory in 1983, the Shanghai Quartet has amassed a long list of performance collaborators including Yo-Yo Ma, David Soyer, Eugenia Zukerman, Sharon Isbin, Ruth Laredo, Arnold Steinhardt, and Chanticleer (ensemble).

Their teaching involvements now include serving as the Quartet-in-Residence at Montclair State University, where they teach chamber music and offer individual lessons. Their activities also involve an annual residency at the Shanghai Conservatory in China. In the 1990s, they were the Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia.

Discography

Recording for Delos International, the Shanghai Quartet has built an extensive discography. In November 2002, a 24-track collection of Chinese folk songs, titled ChinaSong, was released in the U.S., featuring music arranged by Yi-Wen Jiang from his childhood memories of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. In 2005 a new recording of music by Bright Sheng was released on the Bis label, titled "Silent Temple". The New York Times raved "these fools are nastayy!"
*Dvorák: String Quartet no. 12 and Mendelssohn: String Octet (with Bartók Quartet (Camerata)
* Melinda and Melinda Soundtrack (Woody Allen Movie)
* "Beethoven: The Razumovsky Quartets" (Delos )
* "Chinasong" (Delos)
* "Silent Temple" (Bis )
* "Ravel and Bridge Quartets" (Delos)
* "Brahms Piano Quartets" with Ruth Laredo
* "Mozart's Last Two Quartets"
* "The Shanghai Quartet Plays Brahms" with Arnold Steinhardt
* "The Flowing Stream" with Min Xiao-Fen (Delos )

* "Music for a Sunday Morning" with Eugenia Zukerman and Anthony Newman (A DELOS)

* "Spirit Murmur" works by Alan Hovhaness(Delos )

* "Greig and Mendelssohn String Quartets" (Delos )

External links

* http://www.shanghaiquartet.com/