Momenta Quartet

Momenta Quartet

Momenta: the plural of momentum – four individuals in motion towards a common goal. This is the idea behind the Momenta Quartet, whose eclectic vision encompasses contemporary music of allaesthetic backgrounds alongside great music from the recent and distant past. The New York City-based quartet has premiered over 200 works, collaborated with over 250 living composers and was praised by The New York Times for its “diligence, curiosity and excellence.” In the words of The New Yorker’s Alex Ross, “few American players assume Haydn’s idiom with such ease.”

Momenta Quartet performs seminal works for string quartet by Maurice Ravel, Julian Carillo and more.

Emilie-Anne Gendron & Alex Shiozaki, violins; Stephanie Griffin, viola;

Michael Haas, cello