The Ciompi Quartet is a string quartet at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States, where they were founded in 1965 by Italian violinist Giorgio Ciompi.
History
[edit]All members of the Quartet are Duke professors. They have performed both in the U.S. and abroad, visiting places such as Texas, China, Germany, Serbia and more.
- First Violin
- 1965-83 Giorgio Ciompi
- 1984-94 Bruce Berg
- 1995-present Eric Pritchard
- Second Violin
- 1965-73 Arlene DiCecco
- 1973-81 Claudia Erdberg
- 1982-90 Claudia Bloom
- 1990-present Hsiao-mei Ku
- Viola
- 1965-75 Julia Mueller
- 1975-79 Bruce Plumb
- 1979-86 George Taylor
- 1986-present Jonathan Bagg
- Violoncello
- 1965-73 Luca DiCecco
- 1973-74 Sharon Robinson
- 1974-18 Fred Raimi
- 2018-present Caroline Stinson
Recordings
[edit]The Quartet has produced twelve recordings (half collaboratively with other artists) since 1991, among them:
- The Ciompi Quartet plays Donald Wheelock, 1994
- Melancholie, op. 13 by Paul Hindemith, with compositions by Earl Kim, Arvo Pärt and Ralph Vaughan Williams, Albany Records, 2003
- Live at St. Stephens, String Quartets by Joseph Haydn, Sergei Prokofiev and Maurice Ravel, 2006
- Paul Schoenfield: Tales From Chelm | Memoirs, 2011
- Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst: Complete Music, Volume 4, Toccata Classics, 2013
- Mosaic – EP, Joel Feigin & The Ciompi Quartet, 2017
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