The Aizuri Quartet (String Quartet '16) Announces Two New Members
Cellist Caleb van der Swaagh and violist Brian Hong join the award-winning string quartet at the start of the 2023–24 season
The GRAMMY-nominated Aizuri Quartet (String Quartet ’16), noted for its “astounding” performances that “meld of intellect, technique and emotions” (Washington Post), has announced two new members: cellist Caleb van der Swaagh and violist Brian Hong (replacing Karen Ouzounian and Ayane Kozasa, respectively). They join current Aizuri violinists Emma Frucht and Miho Saegusa. Formed in 2012, the quartet was the recipient of the 2022 Cleveland Quartet Award by Chamber Music America, among many other honors, and were Curtis’s Nina von Maltzahn String Quartet Program participants from 2014 to 2016. The Aizuri Quartet has also held residencies at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts and the 2014 Ravinia Festival’s Steans Music Institute.
Visit the Aizuri Quartet’s official website HERE, and read the announcement at The Violin Channel.