QUARTET BIO (SHORT)
BIOGRAPHY (SHORT)
Annie Fullard, violin Catherine Cosbey, violin Samuel Rosenthal, viola, and Kyle Price, cello
Described by the Washington Post as “completely engrossing, powerful and elegant,” the Cavani Quartet’s artistic excellence, generous spirit, and fervent ambassadorship for great music make them unique among America’s greatest string quartets. Chamber Music Detroit notes “they may be the single most valuable role model for the classical chamber music field in our time, an inspiration to fellow musicians and audiences across the country.” Over more than thirty years, the quartet has earned impressive recognition including the Naumburg Chamber Music Award, Musical America’s Young Artists of the Year, The Cleveland Quartet Award, and The Guarneri Quartet Award for Artistic Excellence. The Cavani Quartet maintains an energetic balance between performing cycles of Beethoven and Bartók quartets, creating multifaceted programming with poetry and visual art, and collaborating with living composers including Josh Henderson, Gabriela Lena Frank, and Joan Tower.Recipients of more than ten Chamber Music America Residency Partnership Grants, they have toured all fifty states and internationally, appearing at prestigious festivals including Aspen, Chautauqua, Kneisel Hall, Norfolk Festival, Perlman Music Program, Ijsbreker Series, Amsterdam, ProQuartet, France, and Festival Academia Internacional de Música Portillo, Chile. The quartet continues to inspire and shape the musical lives of the next generation through their acclaimed seminar “The Art of Collaboration: Chamber Music Rehearsal Techniques and Team Building” and their groundbreaking Oxford University Press guidebook (Fullard Cotter-Lockard 2025), emphasizing an innovative teamwork approach to chamber music rehearsal techniques. Passionate leaders in arts advocacy and education, the quartet has mentored members of today’s most esteemed ensembles and major orchestras. The Cavani Quartet views the empathy and connectivity of chamber music as a metaphor for the kind of communication we should strive for between cultures and nations. Visit cavani.org for more information.
