The Portland String Quartet has been performing, teaching and recording with its founding members since l969.

In 1986 they were proclaimed "Maine treasures" and awarded Honorary Doctor of Music degrees at Colby College where they served as Artists in Residence for 20 years. The quartet also has served as Artists in Residence at LaSalle University in Philadelphia, PA.

Coming together from musical training at Curtis, Eastman, Indiana, Juilliard, Oberlin, and San Francisco State College, the quartet members have played an important role in the artistic renaissance of the State of Maine, championing Maine and American composers both nationally and internationally.

The Quartet | Paul Ross | Steve Kecskemethy | Ronald Lantz | Julia Adams

 

 


"...a dialogue of the highest musical level"

- Washington Post

"The Portland String Quartet is hardly equaled, let alone surpassed by our most prominent American quartets......The Portland artists brought luminescent sound to all their playing."

- Hudson Valley Register Star, New York

 

 
 

 

 

 

      
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