Spektral Quartet

The three-time Grammy nominated Spektral Quartet actively pursues a vivid conversation between exhilarating works of the traditional repertoire and those written this decade, this year, or this week. Since its inception in 2010, Spektral is known for creating seamless connections across centuries, drawing in the listener with charismatic deliveries, interactive concert formats, an up-close atmosphere, and bold, inquisitive programming.

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Experiments in Living: An Entirely New Way to Experience a String Quartet Album

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Spektral Quartet presents: ENIGMA

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Mendelssohn: Quartet Op 12 in E-Flat Major - III. Andante espressivo

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Schoenberg: Quartet No 3, Op 30 - III. Intermezzo

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Bartók: Quartet No 1

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Miguel Zenón feat. Spektral Quartet: Tiny Desk Concert

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George Lewis: String Quartet No. 1.5, "Experiments In Living" – at National Sawdust

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Nathalie Joachim + Spektral Quartet: "Suite pou Dantan: Prelid"

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Claire Chase + Spektral Quartet: "The Real Book of Fake Tunes" by Anthony Cheung

"The Spektral has accomplished the signal service of obliterating the dividing line between past and present, tradition and avant-garde; chronological barriers collapse, and the sounds roam free."

New YorkerAlex Ross

“The quartet proved that they have everything: a supreme technical command that seems to come easily, a capacity to make complicated music clear, and, most notably on this occasion, an ability to cast a magic spell ...”

New York Times

“... geeky, highly-interactive, creative and collaborative ... unlike anything its intended audience – or anyone else – has ever heard.”

Gramophone

“The Spektral Quartet likes to put on performances that are not so much concerts as high-energy thrill rides for musically inquisitive listeners."

Chicago Tribune

“... preposterous, charming and brilliantly performed.”

BBC Music Magazine