Hailed for their outstanding musicianship, the Arianna String Quartet has firmly established itself as one of America’s finest chamber ensembles. Formed in 1992, the ASQ garnered national attention by winning the Grand Prize in the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, First Prize in both the Coleman and Carmel Chamber Music Competitions, and were Laureates in the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition.

The Arianna Quartet has appeared throughout North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and South Africa. They have collaborated with many of the world’s finest musicians and their live performances have been heard on National Public Radio’s “Performance Today,” and “Live from Music Mountain”, which broadcasts to 125 stations in the U.S. and to 35 countries.

The ASQ has recorded for Albany Records and Urtext Digital Classics, and has a long-term contract with Centaur Records. According to Fanfare Magazine, their most recent release of the two string quartets of Janácek “demonstrate how technical excellence, in alliance with imagination and the human heart, can come to create something truly transcendent.”

The ASQ are full-time faculty at the University of Missouri – St. Louis since 2000.  They are also Ensemble-in-Residence at the Touhill Performing Arts Center in St. Louis, where they present their own series of concerts. They also hold the Arianna Chamber Music Festival, held on the campus of the University of Missouri – St. Louis

Sought after for their highly effective approach to coaching and teaching as a quartet, the Arianna String Quartet has led the design and implementation of numerous chamber music programs including the Britt Quartet Academy, FEMUSC Intensive Chamber Music Program in Brazil and most recently, the University of Western Cape Chamber Music Institute, South Africa. In addition to intensive musical training for string quartets, this institute focuses on ideas of community, outreach and entrepreneurship, and helping students develop skills for a self-sustaining business that gives back to their communities through teaching and performances.

“tonal warmth, fastidious balance…expressive vitality” (Chicago Tribune)

“emotional commitment and fluent virtuosity,” (Pretoria News, South Africa).