Golandsky Institute International Piano Festival: the Jasper Quartet July 10, 2012

The Jasper String Quartet recently graduated from Rice University's Shepherd School of Music where they served as the graduate quartet-in-residence for two years. In 2008, they won the Grand Prize and the Audience Award at the Plowman Chamber Music Competition, Grand Prize at the Coleman Competition, First Place at the Yellow Springs Competition and the Silver Medal at the Fischoff Competition. Formed at Oberlin Conservatory in 2003, the quartet has participated in many of the elite summer festivals for string quartets. Tonight they'll be joined in concert by pianist Ilya Itin.