Dover Quartet
Joel Link, Violin
Bryan Lee, Violin
Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, Viola
Camden Shaw, Cello
The Dover Quartet became one of the most in-demand ensembles in the world after winning
the grand prize and all three special prizes at the 2013 Banff International String Quartet
Competition.
The 2015-2016 season features more than 100 concerts, including the ensemble's debut at the
Lucerne Festival, Yale University, and Lincoln Center's Great Performers series. The Dover
Quartet will also become the faculty quartet-in-residence at Northwestern University, and
will perform four concerts at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, DC, two of which will feature
new works written for the ensemble by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw. The
ensemble also takes on three tours of Europe, its debut tour of Israel, and performances in
the US. The Dover Quartet performed a similarly rigorous schedule during the 2014-2015
season, with concerts at the Kennedy Center, New York's Schneider Concerts, and London's
Wigmore Hall, as well as return appearances throughout the US, Canada, Germany, Austria,
Italy, and Great Britain.
During the 2015-2016 season and subsequent summer, the Dover Quartet will participate in
weeklong residencies with Chamber Music Northwest, the Phoenix Chamber Music Festival, the
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, and the Artosphere Festival.
The Dover Quartet has won top prizes at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and
the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition, and has taken part in festivals
including Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival, La Jolla Music Society's SummerFest, and
Bravo! Vail. During the 2013-2014 season, the ensemble was named the Ernst Stiefel String
Quartet-in-Residence at the Caramoor Summer Music Festival. Members of the ensemble have
appeared as soloists with many of the world's finest orchestras, including The Philadelphia
Orchestra and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra.
The Dover Quartet draws from the musical lineage of the Cleveland, Vermeer, and Guarneri
string quartets. The ensemble studied at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music, where
it was in residence from 2011 to 2013, and the Curtis Institute of Music, where it became
the first ensemble-in-residence during the 2013-2014 season. The ensemble has received
extensive mentorship from Shmuel Ashkenasi, James Dunham, Norman Fischer, Kenneth
Goldsmith, Joseph Silverstein, Arnold Steinhardt, Michael Tree, and Peter Wiley. The
members of the Dover Quartet are dedicated to sharing their music with underserved
communities and are active members of Music for Food, an initiative to help musicians fight
hunger in their communities.
