Omer Quartet

Distinctive among today’s young string quartets, the Omer Quartet won First Prize in the 2017 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, and it made debuts during the 2018-2019 season in New York at Merkin Concert Hall and in Washington, D.C. at the Kennedy Center. The quartet came into prominence in 2013 when it received Grand Prize and gold medal at the Fischoff National Competition. It has also received Top Prize at the 2017 Premio Paolo Borciani Competition in Italy, Second Prize at the 2017 Trondheim International Competition in Norway, and Special Prize at the 2016 Bordeaux Competition in France.

Program

Franz Joseph Haydn, String Quartet Op.20 No. 3 in G Minor

Johannes Brahms, String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat Major

Osvaldo Golijov, Yiddishbbuk: Inscriptions for String Quartet