With their much-anticipated debut recording - Souvenirs, released in November 2019, Canada’s Rolston String Quartet continues to receive acclamation and recognition for their musical excellence.As the 2018 recipient and first international ensemble chosen for the prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award from Chamber Music America, their accolades and awards precede them. In 2016, a monumental year, they won First Prize at the 12th Banff International String Quartet Competition (BISQC) and Grand Prize of the 31st Chamber Music Yellow Springs Competition. That same year, they were also prizewinners at the 2016 Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition and the inaugural M-Prize competition. There is no wonder they were named among CBC Radio’s “30 Hot Canadian Classical Musicians Under 30.”

In this program, the quartet covers the musical spectrum from works by Haydn the “Father of the String Quartet” and the romantic Mendelssohn to evocative contemporary works by Gabriela Lena Franck and Jörg Widmann.

Luri Lee, violin

Jason Issokson, violin

Hezekiah Leung, viola

Yoshika Masuda, cello