“Electrifying eye contact and rhythmic flexibility”
— Sean Maclean (Classical KING-FM, Northwest Focus Live)
“”Extraordinary — ferociously energetic and exquisitely tender […] and a seamlessly shared interpretive sensibility”
— Diana Rosenblum, Professor, Nazareth College
One of the most exciting young ensembles today, the award-winning Kodak Quartet plays with the energy of a rock band and the old-school passion of great 20th century string playing. They are highly regarded for their work with contemporary composers and for presenting traditional works with a contemporary flavor. Kodak’s members hail from the US, Canada and France. They formed in Rochester, New York, while attending the Eastman School of Music and are currently based in New York, New York.
The quartet won the first prize at the 2023 Frances Walton Competition, and was honored with first prize and grand prize at the 2023 Coltman Chamber Music Competition. Their international performance career brings concerts to a great diversity of people, including concerts at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, the Stone, the Geotheanum, the Banff Centre, and MISQA. They have made multiple appearances on KING-FM Classical Northwest Focus Live, Interlochen Public Radio, and have been featured on NPR Live Sessions. They have also performed for thousands of children at non-traditional performance venues such as schools, movie theaters, and concert halls, and have reached numerous other audiences through outreach programs such as Rob Kapilow’s “What Makes it Great?” and James Blachly’s “Listening as Leadership.”
Kodak Quartet has performed with GRAMMY-winning artists Time for Three, Kronos Quartet, and JACK Quartet, and have worked with members of the Alban Berg, American, Beethoven, Danel, Juilliard, Pacifica, Verona, and Ying Quartets, among others. Since 2023, Kodak Quartet has served on faculty at the Interlochen Arts Camp, and they previously served as the graduate quartet in residence at Montclair State University as well as worked with the JACK Quartet as the Cuker and Stern Resident String Quartet at the Mannes School of Music.
The quartet consists of Edgar Donati and Martin Noh, violins, Daniel Spink, viola, and Blake Kitayama, cello.