Viano String Quartet
string quartet
Praised for their “huge range of dynamics, massive sound and spontaneity” (American Record Guide), the Viano String Quartet is the First Prize Winner of the 2019 Banff International String Quartet Competition and the current Nina von Maltzahn String Quartet-in-Residence at the Curtis Institute of Music. Formed in 2015 at the Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles, the quartet has performed all over the world in venues such as Wigmore Hall, Place Flagey, Izumi Hall, Konzerthaus Berlin, and Segerstrom Center for the Arts.
The 2022-2023 season brings the Viano String Quartet on extensive tours throughout Europe, Canada, and the United States. The quartet will also return to Southern Methodist University, where they are in residence through the 22/23 season. Since the 2020 Covid pandemic, the Viano String Quartet has been actively presenting virtual and socially distanced live concerts for various organizations across North America.
The name “Viano” was created to describe the four individual instruments in a string quartet interacting as one. Each of the four instruments begins with the letter “v”, and like a piano, all four string instruments together play both harmony and melody, creating a unified instrument called the “Viano”.
