'The Emerson String Quartet debuted on the CMS stage in 1982 and it was a profound honor to have been entrusted with their final performance this past weekend... After 47 years, we bid farewell. Their accomplishments have left a lasting impact on chamber music.' – Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Grazie Torino! A few moments from our performance with Union Musicale in Italy.

We are back in the States for our final five performances of the ESQ's journey!

📸: Unione Musicale / Luigi de Palma

A short clip of Kirkland Snider’s “Drink the Wild Ayre” from George Flynn Classical Concerts back in May.

We look forward to performing this again at Oberlin College on Sept. 22, with a program that also includes great works by Mendelssohn & Beethoven!

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Happy 105th to the GREAT Leonard Bernstein!

Here we are at Trattoria dell’Arte in March '90 after he conducted Bruckner’s 9th w/ the Vienna Phil at Carnegie Hall. We enjoyed a post-performance celebration hosted by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) honoring of our first 2 Grammys, as well as LB's.

On Tuesday, a couple of shots of Gene and Paul in-studio with Robert Aubry Davis at the Sirus XM office! Tune in on Tuesday, September 12 at 7 pm (ET) to hear them talk about the final few months of the ESQ’s journey, our final album, and our upcoming documentary.

Looking back at the early days with a throwback to a sunny day in 1982! These days, we wear our sunglasses as the sunset draws near…

Goodbye, Tanglewood! Thank you to Emanuel Ax for joining us once again for a beautiful performance of Dvořák’s Piano Quintet.

📸: Hilary Scott / Tanglewood

Enjoying our time in Michigan with extraordinary students from the Shouse Chamber Music Institute! Bravo to this talented group of musicians!

If you're in the Great Lakes area, please join us for the closing night of our series on Saturday at 6:30 pm. greatlakeschambermusic.org/performance/cl…

Our last performance at Symphony Center (Chicago Symphony Orchestra)! Thank you to Emanuel Ax for joining us in performing Dvořák’s Piano Quintet No. 2 in our Chicago farewell.

📸: Todd Rosenberg

From the Emerson String Quartet's farewell performance in Chicago with pianist Emanuel Ax

Chicago Symphony Orchestra - June 4, 2023

Artwork: Steve Slaske
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A moment backstage from our time at the Bucheon Arts Center.

We express our heartfelt gratitude to all those who were able to attend our last shows in South Korea!

It was an honor to share the stage with Evgeny Kissin in celebrating the centenary of physicist & Nobel Peace Prize laureate Andrei Sakharov.

Thank you to all who were able to attend & observe this very special occasion with us.

📸: Chris Lee

A couple of behind-the-scenes moments from our dress rehearsal at the Rudolfinum (Prague) back in March

Photo credit: Petr Kadlec

Our final New York series is a wrap! Thank you to all who joined us at @lincolncenter for Dimensions I, II & III over the last few weeks.

We look forward to returning to that stage for our final concerts this October.

Photo credit: Tristan Cook

Another memorable moment from Shostakovich's Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
Movement II, Allegro molto

🎥: Parlance Chamber Concerts, December 2018

Moments from Mogens Dahl Koncertsal in Copenhagen last weekend!

Thank you to all who were in attendance!

Photo credit: Emil Lund Pedersen

Before we leave next week for our penultimate tour of Europe, we’d like to look back and share a few shots from our recent Friends of Chamber Music performance in Kansas City.

The opening of Shostakovich's Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110, Movement I, Largo

Credit: Parlance Chamber Concerts, December 2018

Looking back on 47 years of concerts with pride & nostalgia, we announce the date for our final performance as The Emerson String Quartet. Oct. 22, 2023, join us at Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Society of Lincoln Center, for our farewell.

Long-time ESQ cellist, David Finckel, will join us.

Thanks to Jeremy Eichler from The Boston Globe for the touching review of our Farewell performance at Jordan Hall (Boston Celebrity Series) on Sunday.

Full review linked below!
bostonglobe.com/2023/01/23/art…