Aeolus Quartet Information

Hailed by Strad Magazine for their "high-octane" performances and by the Reading Eagle for "spirited and precise" playing, the Aeolus Quartet is among the finest young quartets performing today. Formed in 2006 under the tutelage of Peter Salaff, William Preucil, and the Cavani Quartet, the Quartet is currently the Graduate Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Texas at Austin. Their activities include extensive teaching and performing, educational outreach, and close work with the Miró Quartet. In the fall of 2008 the Aeolus Quartet was invited to participate in the Jeunesses Musicales Festival in Weikersheim, Germany, where their performance of Bartok’s Fifth Quartet was broadcast nationally on German public radio. In 2009, the Quartet was selected for a residency at the Center for Advanced String Quartet Studies at the Aspen Music Festival and School. During their time as fellows at Aspen, they were mentored by members of the Juilliard and Cleveland Quartets and worked extensively with the Takács and Jupiter Quartets. That year the Aeolus Quartet were winners of the Coleman International Chamber Music Competition’s Coleman-Barstow Prize for Strings. Summer 2010 saw the Quartet in residence at the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival in Colorado. In addition, the Quartet performed at the Perlman Music Program in Shelter Island, NY, the St. Lawrence String Quartet Seminar in Stanford, CA, and Sunflower Music Festival in Topeka, KS. It also saw their Carnegie Hall debut in Weill Hall. At the Perlman Music Program they were honored to work extensively with the Don Weilerstein and Itzhak Perlman. In addition, they were invited to attend the Juilliard String Quartet Seminar in both 2009 and 2010. Their 2010-2011 season includes performances in New York City, Dallas, Houston, Reading, and other cities across the United States, including a tour promoting the works of American composers made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.