Fine Arts Quartet
Latest releases
Dvořák: String Quartet No. 2, Bagatelles & Rondo, B. 171
Enescu: Early Chamber Music
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 24 (Arr. I. Lachner)
Spohr: Octet; Clarinet Concerto No. 1; Nonet
Simply String Quartet: Ludwig Van Beethoven & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Bruckner, A.: String Quintet in F Major / String Quartet in C Minor
Bruckner: String Quintet In F Major, String Quartet In C Minor, Intermezzo Rondo
About this artist
The Fine Arts Quartet is a chamber music ensemble founded in Chicago, United States in 1946 by Leonard Sorkin and George Sopkin. The Quartet has recorded over 200 works and has toured internationally for well over half a century, making it one of the longest enduring major string quartets.
In its history, the Quartet has had two leaders: Leonard Sorkin, from 1946 to 1981, and Ralph Evans, from 1982 to the present. Its current members are violinists Ralph Evans and Efim Boico, violist Gil Sharon, and cellist Niklas Schmidt.