The Omer Quartet

Recorded at Trinity Episcopal Church, Southport, CT on October 21st 2020
The Omer Quartet
Erica Tursi, violin; Mason Yu, violin; Jinsun Hong, viola; Alex Cox, cello

Distinctive among today’s young string quartets, the Omer Quartet won First Prize in the 2017 Young Concert Artists International Auditions and holds the Helen F. Whitaker Chamber Music Chair of YCA. The Quartet debuted in 2018/19 season at the Merkin Concert Hall in NYC and in Washington, D.C. at the Kennedy Center.
In 2013 the quartet received the Grand Prize and gold medal at the Fischoff National Competition. Other accolades include   Top Prize at the 2017 Premio Paolo Borciani Competition in Italy, Second Prize at the 2017 Trondheim International Competition in Norway, and Special Prize at the 2016 Bordeaux Competition in France. Currently they are Artists in Residence at Yale University.

If you are interested in using this Recording (designed for 3rd – 8th grade students ) please contact musicforyouthct@gmail.com.

Supplemental materials will be sent with the link to the full recording which includes:

String Quartet Op. 20 No. 2 in C Major FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN (1732-1809)

 IV.  Fuga a 4 Soggetti (excerpt)

String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat Major, Op. 18 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

I.  Allegro con brio

String Quartet No. 1, “Musical Celesta”. Aaron Jay Kernis

String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 “American” ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841-1904) 

1. Allegro ma non troppo Recap at 4’22” to the end (5:00) 
2. Lento Beginning to 3’18” 
3. Molto vivace 
4. Finale: vivace ma non troppo 

Sample of the Omer Quartet recording:

Videos of the two quartets in Master Class.

 ConFuocco Quartet. Shostakovich String Quartet No. 9, V. Allegro

Phoenix Quartet Mendelssohn Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 13. I Adagio