Schumann Quartet w/Jon Nakamatsu, piano
Fri., November 13th, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
Haydn Quartet in F Major, Op. 77, No. 2
Barber Quartet
Brahms Quartet in a minor, Op 51, No. 2
The three brothers Mark, Erik and Ken Schumann have been playing together since their earliest childhood – meanwhile violist Matthew McDowell completes the quartet. The four musicians enjoy the way they communicate without words, and the individual personalities clearly manifest themselves in every musical work. The quartet's openness and curiosity may be partly the result of the formative influence exerted on it by teachers such as Eberhard Feltz, the Alban Berg Quartet, or partners such as Menahem Pressler.
Now in his third decade of touring worldwide, American pianist Jon Nakamatsu continues to draw critical and public acclaim for his intensity, elegance and electrifying solo, concerto and chamber music performances. Catapulted to international attention in 1997 as the Gold Medalist of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition—the only American to achieve this distinction since 1981.
