Stories and Reviews
“The Jasper String Quartet, an impressive young ensemble, gave [their first commission, Annie Gosfield’s The Blue Horse Walks on the Horizon,] a powerful reading.”
- Allan Kozinn, The New York Times
“The Jasper String Quartet… guarantees great music no matter what it plays.”
- Harriet Howard Heithaus, Naples News
“This youthful, energetic group [has] polished their art to near perfection.”
- Allen Rosenberg, Palm Beach Daily News
“As in the series generally, in Sunday's concert the Jasper Quartet's performance was the high point… The performance, incisive and tightly wound, took the listeners from their casual setting into a world of keenly felt emotion and fathomless despair. In her remarks, Freivogel gave the audience a few handholds on the piece; in the performance, the music gripped them in return.”
- James McQuillen, The Oregonian
“This is already an astounding ensemble… The music breathed and swelled in an expressive way without being over-calculated. Even the moments of silence vibrated with an energy.”
- Donald Sosin, Lakeville Journal
“Keep an ear on the Jasper Quartet. Their programming savvy and keen adaptability to different musical styles made this concert a memorable experience for the near capacity crowd.”
- Daniel Hathaway, ClevelandClassical.com
“The Jaspers played with sparkling vitality and great verve… They are polished, engaged, and in tune with one another. Their technical skills are of the highest caliber, and their musicality is without flaw. I look forward to hearing more from them.”
- W. Gerald Cochran, Classical Voice of North Carolina
“The highlight of [the Jasper Quartet's] programme was a meticulously detailed account of Ligeti’s Quartet No.1 ‘Metamorphoses Nocturnes’, in which the succession of moods and colours was both sonically delightful and expressively compelling.”
- Dennis Rooney, The Strad
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In the News:
- Palm Beach Arts Paper : “Jasper String Quartet has great night, brilliant future”
- Palm Beach Daily News : “Jasper String Quartet inspires in classic style in intimate Rinker concert”
- Naples News : “Stormy-night selections get stellar treatment”
- News Gazette : “Jasper Quartet offers delightful performances of pieces old and new”
- KCMetropolis.org : “Fresh faces of chamber music”
- Clevland Classical : “Credo Faculty Concert with the Jasper Quartet”
- Gramophone : “Review: Beethoven, Kernis”
- Symphony Magaizine : “The Power of Ensemble”
- All Music.com : “Review: The Kernis Project: Beethoven”