Chiara String Quartet

The Chiara String Quartet is known for playing its repertoire from memory. The ensemble was formed in 2000, and after winning a number of grants, it became the Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln in 2005 and the Blodgett Artists-in-Residence at Harvard University from 2008 to 2014 and at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art in the 2015-2016 season. Founding members of the quartet are violinists Rebecca Fischer and Hyeyung Julie Yoon, violist Jonah Sirota, and cellist Gregory Beaver. In addition to playing without printed parts, as demonstrated on the...