Miró Quartet

Nearly everyone in the trade at some point has said to themselves, “I wish I could ask a major quartet that question!” Wish granted! At least, a chance to have your wish granted! The featured musician in Volume 11 Issue 3 of The Scroll will be The Miro Quartet, currently in residence at the University of Texas at Austin! First-ever recipient of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant, The Miro for 30 years has been performing across the globe to great critical acclaim. Their latest release along with soprano Kiera Duffy features the complete quartets of Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera. Please submit your question in the comments by this Friday, the 15th! Once Issue 3 is released, you might see your question printed in this issue! It could happen!

We’re at the tail end of the semester, when stress levels are high, and downtime feels nonexistent. These are exactly the moments when you need a break the most. Next Friday, the 24th, take an hour out of your day and join the Miro Quartet for a free concert from noon to 1:00 p.m. in the 5th-floor atrium of the NHB building. No tickets are required; leave your phone, laptop, work, and stress behind, and take an hour for yourself.

Attention to Miró Quartet with Steven Banks, saxophone; attendees: Eastbound Interstate 94 between Highway 280 and I-35E will close at 10 p.m. Friday and stay closed until Monday at 5 a.m. Drivers will be detoured onto Highway 280 to Highway 36 and then south on 35E. The eastbound I-94 ramp to 10th Street will also close at 10 a.m. Friday and remain closed until Monday morning. Drivers will use the Fifth Street ramp while crews build a crane for the project. Follow / for updates.

Did you know the youngest winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music in history is American composer Caroline Shaw?🏆 As one of the most performed living female composers today, she is celebrated for creating music that is as innovative as it is breathtaking. Co-commissioned by Premiere Performances (with the support of Interlude.hk), together with the La Jolla Music Society, Carnegie Hall, Chamber Music Houston and the Shriver Hall Concert Series, and dedicated to the Miró Quartet, Shaw’s “Microfictions” explores her personal, intuitive connection between image and sound. Enjoy its Asian premiere as performed by the Miró Quartet at the Beare‘s Premiere Music Festival 2024. 你知道史上最年輕的普立茲音樂獎得主是美國作曲家卡洛琳．蕭嗎🏆？作為當今最常被演奏的女性作曲家之一，她在古典與創新之間，探尋音樂最純粹的本質。 卡洛琳的《微小說》為米羅四重奏所寫，乃飛躍演奏香港、美國拉荷亞音樂協會、卡內基音樂廳、美國侯斯頓室內樂及施賴弗廳音樂會系列在Interlude.hk的支持下共同委約，展現了其作品中獨樹一幟的聲響風格。該曲於2024年比爾斯飛躍演奏音樂節中，由米羅弦樂四重奏獻上亞洲首演。 — Upcoming Concerts with Premiere Performances 更多飛躍演奏音樂會 𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐎𝐭𝐭 | 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬 📅 1 Apr 2026 (Wed) 𝐊𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐯 📅 13 Apr 2026 (Mon) 🪽 Hong Kong Recital Debut 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥 𝐅𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐧: 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐞 📅 12 May 2026 (Tue) 🪽 Hong Kong Debut 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐘𝐚𝐧𝐠: 𝐑𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥, 𝐑𝐡𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐦 & 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 📅 17 May 2026 (Sun) 🪽 Hong Kong Recital Debut 𝐉𝐨𝐲𝐜𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨: 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 📅 8 June 2026 (Mon) 🎟️ 立即購票 Book now at pphk.org #InternationalWomensDay #femalecomposer #PulitzerPrize

Scherch for Music | The drive is still on! * * WRTI’s John T.K. Scherch (@johntkbass ) is back with another quest for great music recommendations in Philadelphia. This week, performance by: @networkfornewmusic @kikislacksoprano @miroquartet @pablosainzvillegas @artcityopera 💌 For more live classical happenings each week, subscribe to Fanfare, WRTI’s guide to concerts around Philly (link in bio). If you love the music on WRTI, you’re already part of our community. Listening matters. Caring matters. New Member Monday is happening right now — and making your first gift to WRTI today will have an immediate impact.  Make a sustaining donation of $10/month or more, and you can choose a year-long subscription to NY Times Games as a thank-you gift. Give today to support our Winter Fund Drive and you’ll ensure that the music on WRTI endures for our entire community. Your gift today isn’t just a donation — it’s everything.  #WRTIMusic #newmusic #opera #chambermusic #classicalguitar

What a delightful afternoon it was when @miroquartet graced our stage here at @kahilutheatre . If you missed their incredible talent you can now watch (or rewatch!) their classical concert, only on Kahilu.TV 🤙🏻📺

Mahalo nui loa to @miroquartet for a brilliant concert in Honolulu last month! It was an honor to present your performance as part of our season.

ICYMI - Cellist Joshua Gindele, one of the founding members, spoke to Evening Concert host Craig DeSilva about how the quartet has evolved over the past three decades. From its beginnings as students at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music to being the quartet-in-residence at Butler School of Music in Austin, the ensemble shines performing the bread-and-butter chamber music repertoire while championing new works by contemporary composers. Friday night's HCMS concert will feature an iconic quartet of Beethoven as well as under-performed works by Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera and African American composers George Walker and Florence Price. /classical-music-conversations/2026-01-14/miro-quartet-celebrates-30-years

This Sunday, join us for an extraordinary afternoon of chamber music with the Miró Quartet. 🎻 One of America’s most celebrated string quartets takes the stage at Kahilu Theatre. Praised as “furiously committed” by The New Yorker and known for their exceptional tonal focus and interpretive intensity, the Miró Quartet brings a powerful program spanning Schubert, Ginastera, Florence Price, and George Walker. __ REPERTOIRE • George Walker: Lyric for Strings • Florence Price: Quartet No. 2 in A Minor • Alberto Ginastera: Quartet No. 1, Op. 20 • Franz Schubert: Quartet in G Major, D. 887 __ MORE ABOUT MIRÓ QUARTET For 30 years, the Miró Quartet has performed throughout the world on the most prestigious concert stages, earning accolades from critics and audiences alike. Based in Austin, TX, and thriving on the area’s storied music scene, the Miró Quartet takes pride in finding new ways to communicate with audiences of all backgrounds while cultivating the longstanding tradition of chamber music. 🎻 Sunday, January 18 · 2pm 📍 Kahilu Theatre 🎟️ Tickets at kahilu.org #MiróQuartet #ClassicalMusic #KahiluTheatre

Start the new year with a great concert. Join us for the HCMS debut of one of America's most celebrated string quartets - the Miró Quartet! They will present works by Price, Walker, Ginastera and Beethoven. 🗓️ When: Friday, January 16, 2026, at 7:30 PM 📍 Where: Orvis Auditorium, UH Mānoa 🎟️ honoluluchambermusicseries.org/concert/miroquartet/

2025 has been a remarkable 30th year for many reasons, and one of the most meaningful has been the release of our complete Ginastera quartets with @kierajduffy on @pentatonemusic . We’re deeply grateful to everyone who has spent time with this music and honored that the recording has appeared on several “best of” lists, including the @nytimes (on a list that also featured @badbunnypr ). Above all, we hope this recording helps bring Ginastera’s music more fully into the foreground of the classical world’s imagination

Ending our 2025 round-ups with The New York Times @nytimes Best Classical Albums 2025! The list includes @miroquartet with @kierajduffy - Ginastera: String Quartets, who we heartily congratulate on this ground-breaking release! “The superb Miró Quartet shows how far-reaching Alberto Ginastera’s musical development was [...] The Miró’s fierce performance, along with Kiera Duffy’s ethereal singing, make a conclusive case for this unfairly neglected composer.” Read more at nytimes.com or explore the album now https://lnk.to/MiroGinastera #linkinbio #ginastera #newyorktimes #classicalmusic #bestof2025