Program
String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 68 | Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
- Overture: Moderato con moto
- Recitative and Romance: Adagio
- Valse: Allegro
- Theme with Variations: Adagio
PACIFICA QUARTET
Simin Ganatra & Austin Hartman, violins
Mark Holloway, viola
Brandon Vamos, cello
Pacifica Quartet
Recognized for its virtuosity, exuberant performance style, and often-daring repertory choices, over the past twenty-five years the Pacifica Quartet has achieved international recognition as one of the finest chamber ensembles performing today. Named the quartet-in-residence at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music in March 2012, the Pacifica was previously the quartet-in-residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and received a Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance. In 2017, the Pacifica Quartet was appointed to lead the Center for Advanced Quartet Studies at the Aspen Music Festival and School.