As advocates of new music in the growing classical world, The Ἔrιs Quartet” from Oberlin, Ohio, will be touring a new program: "Paintings, Songs, and Dances" during the Spring 2023 season, a presentation of contemporary string quartet repertoire through the lens of interdisciplinary performance. Their program highlights major string quartet works of the 21st century from composers Shulamit Ran, Reena Esmail, and Jessie Montgomery as well as Haydn’s classic Emperor Quartet. 

This tour starts in their home of Ohio and continues throughout the larger East Coast through Pittsburgh, New York City, Philadelphia, and DC. iMPeRFeCT is their stop in Philadelphia, we’re very fortunate to host them!

Suggested Donation $30

THE ERIS QUARTET

Amina Knapp and Maya Irizarry-Lambright, Violins

Felix Veser, Viola

Daniel Knapp, Cello 

The Ἔrιs Quartet, from Oberlin OH, formed in 2022 at the Oberlin Conservatory Advanced String Quartet Seminar. They have been mentored by Sibbi Bernhardsson of the Pacifica Quartet, Kirsten Docter of the Cavanni Quartet, and members of the Verona Quartet.

Spring Tour Program:

“Paintings, Songs, and Dances”

Reena Esmail: “Fantasie (Bihag)” from Ragamala (2018)

Shulamit Ran: String Quartet No. 3 “Glitter, Shards, Doom, Memory” (2014)

Joseph Haydn: String Quartet Op. 76 No. 3 “Emperor” (1797)

Jessie Montgomery: Voodoo Dolls  (2008)

The name, Ἔrιs, comes from the Greek Goddess of Chaos, a symbol of the quartet’s commitment to new a changing landscape of music and collaboration. The Goddess, Eris, often plays a villain role in Greek Myths, but her symbolism stuck out to the ensemble through the quote: “I am chaos. I am the substance from which your artists and scientists build rhythms. I am the spirit with which your children and clowns laugh in happy anarchy. I am chaos. I am alive, and I tell you that you are free.”