Friction Quartet exists to modernize the chamber music experience and expand the string quartet repertoire they achieve this mission by commissioning new works, curating imaginative programs, collaborating with artists, and presenting interactive educational outreach. Joshua Kosman (San Francisco Chronicle) has declared them, "The Bay Area's redoubtable new-music ensemble."
Since forming in 2011, Friction has commissioned fifty works for string quartet and given world premiere performances of more than eighty works. They won Second Prize in the 2016 Schoenfeld Competition, were quarter-finalists in the 2015 Fischoff Competition, and placed second at the 2015 Frances Walton Competition.
Friction has held residencies at the New Music for Strings Festival in Denmark, Interlochen Arts Camp, Lunenburg Academy of Music, Napa Valley Performing Arts Center, Old First Concerts, San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music, and was the first ensemble in residence at the Center for New Music. They are ensemble educators with SF Symphony's Adventures in Music Program, Km, "DFC Playground Pop Ups, and more.
YOUR SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT TO OUR OFFERING THIS SHOW: Proof of full vaccination is required to attend, and a properly-worn KN95, N95, or double mask is required at all times. Admission will be limited to 50% of capacity. All performers and staff are fully vaccinated.
Concert Program: String Quartet no.1 "From My Life" by composer Bedrich Smetana
Source Code by composer Jessie Montgomery
El Correcaminos (The Roadrunner) by Nicolas Lell Benavides
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