 Non-traditional in their delivery, QSF redefines the sound of chamber music. When the music says swing, we swing. When the music says groove, we groove. As crossover specialists they excel in multiple styles from jazz to tango, pop to funk, blues to bluegrass, gypsy swing to big band and beyond.Grammy nominees for their last two releases (2006 and 2007) and International Tango competition winners (New York, 2004), Quartet San Francisco expresses itself in its agility and standout virtuosic playing. Since its concert debut in 2001, Quartet San Francisco has offered its exclusive and groundbreaking literature to local, national and international audiences in a variety of venues that include tango and concert halls, jazz festivals, museums, and classrooms. In 2002 the quartet began its onstage collaborations with tango dancers. In the 2004-06 academic years the quartet was in residence at Mills College in Oakland, CA.Quartet San Francisco’s recent seasons include performances at Troy Music Hall; Herbst Theatre in San Francisco; Café Tortoni in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Portland Friends of Chamber Music; La Jolla Music Society; San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival; Dumbarton Concert Series, Washington, DC; Manhattan School of Music; The Jazzschool, Berkeley, CA; Ford Amphitheatre. Los Angeles; and the University of the Pacific’s Brubeck Festival at Mills College in Oakland.Their Latin and tango CD, Látigo (2006), was honored with Grammy nominations for Best Classical Crossover and Best Engineered, Classical. The quartet members are current Classical Crossover nominees for Whirled Chamber Music (2007). | | |
Non-traditional in their delivery, QSF redefines the sound of chamber music. When the music says swing, we swing. When the music says groove, we groove. As crossover specialists they excel in multiple styles from jazz to tango, pop to funk, blues to bluegrass, gypsy swing to big band and beyond.Grammy nominees for their last two releases (2006 and 2007) and International Tango competition winners (New York, 2004), Quartet San Francisco expresses itself in its agility and standout virtuosic playing. Since its concert debut in 2001, Quartet San Francisco has offered its exclusive and groundbreaking literature to local, national and international audiences in a variety of venues that include tango and concert halls, jazz festivals, museums, and classrooms. In 2002 the quartet began its onstage collaborations with tango dancers. In the 2004-06 academic years the quartet was in residence at Mills College in Oakland, CA.Quartet San Francisco’s recent seasons include performances at Troy Music Hall; Herbst Theatre in San Francisco; Café Tortoni in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Portland Friends of Chamber Music; La Jolla Music Society; San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival; Dumbarton Concert Series, Washington, DC; Manhattan School of Music; The Jazzschool, Berkeley, CA; Ford Amphitheatre. Los Angeles; and the University of the Pacific’s Brubeck Festival at Mills College in Oakland.Their Latin and tango CD, Látigo (2006), was honored with Grammy nominations for Best Classical Crossover and Best Engineered, Classical. The quartet members are current Classical Crossover nominees for Whirled Chamber Music (2007).
