Katarina String Quartet Adult Concert

Grand Prize winners of the 2025 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition and winners of the CAG Louis and Susan Meisel Prize, the Katarina String Quartet has quickly distinguished itself as one of North America’s most compelling young ensembles. Known for their personable concert presentations and community leadership, they explore all chamber music, from contemporary and canonized works to folk tunes. The tightly-knit ensemble recently served as the 2024-2026 Graduate Resident String Quartet at the Juilliard School, and is the current Quartet in Residence at the New England Conservatory.

The ensemble’s 2026/27 season features performances across Europe, Canada, and the United States. Committed to community engagement, the quartet has collaborated with organizations including Refettorio Harlem and Music for Food, and was recently selected for Music for the Future, an initiative presented by Project: Music Heals Us. Recent honors include the ProQuartet Prize and Drimnin String Quartet Academy Prize at the 2025 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition, and the Gold Medal and BIPOC Prize at the 2024 St. Paul Chamber Music Competition.

The KSQ was founded in 2022 at McGill University under the tutelage of André Roy. Since then, the Katarinas have worked with members of the Juilliard, Alban Berg, Danel, Dover, and Pacifica Quartets, and have participated in prestigious programs such as IMS Prussia Cove and McGill International String Quartet Academy (MISQA).

The quartet takes its name from luthier Katarina Guarneri, whom scholars believe finished many of her husband Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesu’s violins. Inspired by Katarina, the KSQ celebrates the countless people and communities behind the canonized figureheads of classical music that contribute to the art we enjoy