The Balourdet Quartet — currently in residence at the prestigious Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University — received the Grand Prize at the 2021 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition, as well as top prizes in international competitions including the Banff, Premio Paolo Borciani, Carl Nielsen, Fischoff, and Yellow Springs Competitions. Group members Angela Bae and Justin DeFilippis, violins, Benjamin Zannoni, viola, and Russell Houston, cello, make their WFMT debut with this performance.
Balourdet Quartet
Balourdet Quartet (Photo by Kevin W. Condon)
Playlist
Some music is excluded from the podcast version for copyright reasons.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K. 421
Karim Al-Zand: String Quartet No. 4 “Strange Machines”
Ludwig Van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1