The Amphion String Quartet's performance of Ravel's 1903 F-Major Quartet went from gripping intensity to a fetching realization of the très rythmé marking of the second movement, followed by broadly sung passages, leading to the suspense and virtuoso playing of the last movement. Violinists Katie Hyun and David Southorn, violist Wei-Yang Andy Lin, and cellist Mihai Marica received a well-deserved ovation.

 

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  •  "the quartet plays with a brand of fierce, sharply directed energy and the kind of intensely focused sound that makes every line in a texture stand out clearly." (New York Times)
  • " ..lyrical and buoyant in a Mozart Quartet, sighing and passionate in the Schumann, intellectually and technically incisive in the Bartók.." (The Oregonian)
  • "Precision, assertiveness and vigor are great qualities in a young ensemble...the Amphion has mastered them" (New York Times)