Formed in 1992, The Brentano Quartet has received numerous accolades, including, in 1995, the prestigious Naumburg and Cleveland Quartet Awards. They have been privileged to collaborate with such artists as soprano Jessye Norman and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, as well as pianists Mitsuko Uchida and Jonathan Biss. The Quartet has commissioned works from some of the most important composers of our time, including Bruce Adolphe, Matthew Aucoin, Gabriela Frank, Stephen Hartke, Vijay Iyer, Steven Mackey, and Charles Wuorinen. With a career spanning over three decades, the Brentano Quartet has appeared throughout the world to popular and critical acclaim. The New York Times extols its “luxuriously warm sound [and] yearning lyricism; and the Times (London) hails its “wonderful, selfless music-making.” Known for its unique sensibility, probing interpretive style, and original programming, the Quartet has performed across five continents in the world’s most prestigious venues and festivals, thus establishing itself as one of the world’s preeminent ensembles.

Winner of the 1991 Naumburg Viola Award, violist Misha Amory has been active as a soloist and chamber musician. A dedicated teacher, he serves on the faculties of the Juilliard School in New York City and the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. A native of New York City, violinist Serena Canin is an active chamber musician, teacher, and presenter. A founding member of the Brentano Quartet, she holds degrees from Swarthmore College and the Juilliard School, where she studied with Robert Mann. Cellist Nina Lee studied with David Soyer at the Curtis Institute of Music. She graduated from the Juilliard School in New York, where she studied with Joel Krosnick. She has been on the faculty at Princeton and Columbia Universities and is currently coaching chamber music at the Yale School of Music where the Brentano Quartet is in residence. Violinist Mark Steinberg holds degrees from Indiana University and the Juilliard School and has studied with Louise Behrend, Josef Gingold, and Robert Mann. He has taught at Juilliard’s Pre-College division and at both Princeton and New York Universities. He is currently on the violin faculty of the Mannes College of Music.