In their year-end round ups, critics across the country have saluted the Pacifica's recent activities in the recording studio and on the concert stage. Check out what the press is saying in Chicago, New York, St. Louis, San Francisco, and San Jose. More here...
Violist Masumi Per Rostad has just launched a series of podcasts called Inner Voice featuring interviews from the road with various artists, arts administrators, and other creative individuals who cross his path. The first episode is a conversation from Tokyo, Japan with Kazumi Minoguchi, the Programming Director of Suntory Hall. To listen, click here...
In its role as Quartet-in-Residence at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Pacifica Quartet has embarked on its performance there of Beethoven’s complete string quartets during the 2011-2012 season. More here...
The Pacifica Quartet recently completed a highly successful project in Chicago where they performed the complete Shostakovich string quartets over ten concerts as part of the “Soviet Arts Experience” festival. Billed as “the hottest ticket in Chicago classical music” by the Chicago Tribune, the concerts received rave applause from critics throughout the city. The Pacifica has been invited to perform the monumental Shostakovich cycle in a six concerts series at London's Wigmore Hall during the 2011-2012 season. More here...