String Quartet Classics: Beethoven and Brahms

The Lírios String Quartet, composed of the talented violinists Benjamin Goldstein and Maggie Brady, violist Yuri Santos, and cellist Chas Barnard, will enthrall audiences with their upcoming concert featuring a captivating program. As the resident string quartet at CU Boulder, these young artists have the privilege of studying under the renowned Takacs Quartet. The repertoire for the concert showcases the timeless brilliance of Beethoven, the evocative intensity of Brahms, and 20th century Mexican composer, Mario Lavista. The Lírios String Quartet promises an unforgettable performance that will captivate audiences and ignite a love for classical music.

Program will include:

Beethoven, No. 11 in f minor, Op. 95, “Serioso”

Brahms String Quartet in A minor

Lírios Quartet Bio

Formed in 2022 at the University of Colorado Boulder, the Lírios Quartet comprises four emerging artists who have come together under the mentorship of the Takács Quartet. As the current Graduate String Quartet-in-Residence, they are engaged with developments in new music, taking part in the Pendulum New Music concert series with two premieres in the 2022-2023 season. Additionally, they collaborated with Sohap Ensemble and Art Song Colorado in the commissioning of Colorado Sky, a new children’s chamber opera involving the reintroduction of gray wolves into the state of Colorado.

Dedicated educators and community outreach advocates, the Lírios Quartet often work with schools in the Boulder/Denver area with the goal of introducing chamber music to the younger generation. They recently took part in the Aspen Music Festival and School Musical Connections residency in Colorado’s Roaring Fork Valley, where the quartet visited local elementary and middle schools, reaching more than 675 students, also presenting a recital at the Basalt Regional Library

Complementing their studies at CU-Boulder with the Takács, Lírios Quartet have attended the Robert Mann String Quartet Institute and Juilliard String Quartet Seminar, where they were coached by members of the American, Brentano, Emerson, and Juilliard Quartets. In the summer of 2023, they served as the Emerging Artists Quartet-in-Residence at Madeline Island Chamber Music and the String Quartet Fellowship at Music in the Vineyards. The Lírios Quartet are recipients of the Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Scholarship, the Takács Society String Scholarship, and the Margaret Steed Memorial Fund.