The Vinca Quartet

Hailed by The New York Times as "stunning" and "musicians worth keeping an eye on," the Vinca Quartet is a charismatic young string quartet committed to forging bonds between audiences and performers by sharing their own love of chamber music through the highest caliber performances.

First Place winners in the 2008 International Chamber Music Ensemble Competition, the Vincas were also recipients of a special award at the 2008 Premio Paolo Borciani International Quartet Competition in Reggio Emilia, Italy, which enabled them to travel to Germany to study with the Artemis Quartet and perform on German national radio. The Vincas are also prizewinners in the 2006 Plowman Chamber Music Competition and the 2005 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, and finalists in the 2006 Chesapeake International Chamber Music Competition

The quartet has performed in major concert halls including Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Sprague Memorial Hall at Yale University, Aspen's Harris Hall, Vail's Vilar Arts Center at Beaver Creek, and the Weikersheim Castle in Germany. They have performed twice on the Tákacs Quartet Series in Boulder, CO.

The Vinca Quartet has worked with many prominent quartets in workshops and festivals both nationally and internationally. As the graduate quartet-in-residence at the University of Colorado at Boulder, they worked with the Takacs Quartet for three years. They have also worked closely with the Artemis, Colorado, Emerson, Juilliard, Muir, and Tokyo Quartets. Recent festival appearances have included Carnegie Hall Professional Training Workshops, The International Musician's Seminar at Prussia Cove in Cornwall, England, the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, the Juilliard Quartet Seminar, the Banff Centre Chamber Music Festival, Soundfest Chamber Music Festival on Cape Cod, and the Deer Valley Music Festival's Emerging Quartets and Composers Seminar.

Strongly committed to inspiring new audiences and strengthening communities through their own passion and dedication to chamber music, the Vincas have helped launch concert series catering to communities overlooked by major classical groups. In 2007-2008, they helped to establish Music Haven, a tuition-free strings and mentorship program devoted to transforming the lives of urban youth and their families in New Haven, CT through music. As part of their ongoing educational mission, the Vinca Quartet offers lectures, performances, and interactive workshops for audiences of all ages. In 2008-2009, they were the resident quartet at the Westport Suzuki School in Westport, CT. Through residencies with the Aspen Music Festival, the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival, and the Peaks to Plains Suzuki Institute, the quartet has coached many young musicians.