Miro Quartet, with Anton Nel, pianist

The dynamic Miró Quartet, comprised of Daniel Ching, violin; William Fedkenheuer, violin; John Largess, viola; and Joshua Gindele, cello, one of America’s highest-profile chamber groups, enjoys its place at the top of the international chamber music scene. Now is its second decade, the Quartet continues to captivate audiences and critics around the world with its startling intensity, fresh perspective, and mature approach.
    
Founded in 1995 at the Oberlin Conservatory, the Miró Quartet met with immediate success winning first prize at the 50th annual Coleman Chamber Music Competition in April 1996. In 1998 they earned both the First Prize and the Piéce de Concert Prize at the Banff International String Quartet Competition. In 2005 the Quartet was the first ensemble ever to be awarded the coveted Avery Fisher Career Grant.

Anton Nel, winner of the first prize in the 1987 Naumburg International Piano Competition, enjoys a remarkable and multifaceted career that has taken him throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia and South Africa. Following an auspicious debut at the age of twelve with Beethoven’s C Major Concerto after only two years of study, the Johannesburg native captured first prizes in all the major South African competitions while still in his teens.

Sponsored, in part, by Lance & Sharon Beshore, and the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.