Jasper Quartet: Music by Vivian Fung

On October 16, we will host this concert in person, and tickets are free. Please register online to reserve your seat.    
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JUNO Award-winning composer Vivian Fung is renowned for her virtuosic and arresting compositions. The Jasper String Quartet released an album of Fung's string quartets this fall, spanning her career. The first quartet was completed in 2003, shortly after Fung completed her doctoral degree at the Juilliard School, and the fourth was completed in 2019. Though there is a clear compositional evolution in Fung's four quartets, her fearlessness and mastery of string writing are on display in each work. The four string quartets together in one program showcase a totality of her experiences, from mystery and anguish to unbridled and wild joy.

Celebrating its seventeenth anniversary in 2023, the Jasper String Quartet is recognized as one of the leading American string quartets on the performance stage today. A recipient of Chamber Music America's prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award, the Jasper String Quartet has been hailed as "sonically delightful and expressively compelling." Gramophone described the Jasper String Quartet as "flawless in ensemble and intonation, expressively assured and beautifully balanced." The New York Times named their album Unbound as one of the 25 Best Classical Recordings of 2017. The Jasper String Quartet is the Professional Quartet-in-Residence at Temple University's Center for Gifted Young Musicians. In addition, the Jasper String Quartet is the Founder and Artistic Director of Jasper Chamber Concerts. The Jasper String Quartet is committed to celebrating the diverse array of compositional voices writing for string quartet in every program.