Eric Pritchard - Violin
Hsiao-mei Ku - Violin
Jonathan Bagg - Viola
Fred Raimi - Cello
The Ciompi Quartet was founded at Duke University in 1965 by the renowned Italian violinist Giorgio Ciompi. All its members serve on Duke’s faculty and play a leading role in the cultural life of the University, in addition to traveling widely throughout the year for performances.
Concerts by the Ciompi Quartet are known for their intelligence and musical sophistication, and for a warm, unified sound that is enhanced by the players’ strong individual voices. With a rare maturity and insight born of wide experience on the concert stage, the Ciompi Quartet projects the heart and soul of the music, in a repertoire that ranges from well-known masterpieces to works by today's most communicative composers.
Listen to the Ciompi Quartet (click on a link below to open the .mp3 in your browser's default .mp3 player):
- Paul Hindemith – Melancholie Op 13 Dunklet Tropfe (Dark Drop)
- Prokofiev – String Quartet No 2, Opus 92, Allegro sostenuto
- Debussy - String Quartet in Gm Op 10 Anime et tres decide
Visit their website at www.ciompi.org.