Parker Quartet

The Parker Quartet cultivates a rigorous sound that has taken the group to important international venues and led to a variety of collaborations with both traditional and contemporary artists. The group's work has a strong educational component, and it has held various residencies, including a long-running stint as artists-in-residence at Harvard University. The Parker Quartet released its debut album, featuring Bartók's String Quartets Nos. 2 and 5, in 2007. Its collaborators include violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and members of the Silk Road Ensemble, among many others. The Parker Quartet recorded Ligeti's String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 in 2009, and the group, joined by Kim Kashkashian, released an album featuring Dvořák's String Quintet, Op. 97, as well as works by Kurtág, in 2021.