Cypress String Quartet's Signature Series November 11, 2010

The San Francisco-based Cypress String Quartet (Cecily Ward, violin; Tom Stone, violin; Ethan Filner, viola; and Jennifer Kloetzel, cello) will perform for the first time in New York in three intimate concerts, all at the Tenri Cultural Institute. Founded in 1996 and known across the country for its elegant performances, the Cypress’s sound has been hailed as “beautifully proportioned and powerful” by The Washington Post. The Quartet brings music that exemplifies its artistic mission to New York – pieces from the core repertoire for string quartet (by Beethoven, Dvořák, and Debussy), music overlooked by history (by Griffes, Stravinsky, and Schulhoff) and the New York premieres of new pieces commissioned and championed by the ensemble (by Pulitzer Prize-winner Jennifer Higdon, George Tsontakis, and Elena Ruehr). Because each concert has an audience capacity of 80, advance ticket purchases are encouraged.

Official Website: http://www.cypressquartet.com