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The Emerson String Quartet is a New York–based string quartet in residence at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Previously the Quartet was in residence at The Hartt School. Formed in 1976, they have released more than twenty albums and won nine Grammy Awards. Both violinists in the quartet were students of the noted violinist Oscar Shumsky. Formed in the bicentennial year of the United States, the Emerson String Quartet took its name from the great American poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. Violinists Drucker and Setzer alternate as first and second violinists.
Members
Eugene Drucker, violinPhilip Setzer, violinLawrence Dutton, violaDavid Finckel, celloFinckel frequently performs with his wife, pianist Wu Han. At the end of the 2012/13 concert season, he will be replaced by Paul Watkins.
Awards and recognition
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance:
2009 Intimate Letters2006 Intimate Voices2005 Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets2000 Shostakovich: The String Quartets1997 Beethoven: The String Quartets1993 Ives: String Quartets Nos. 1, 2; Barber: String Quartet Op.11 (American Originals)1989 Bartók: 6 String QuartetsGrammy Award for Best Classical Album:
2000 Shostakovich: The String Quartets1989 Bartók: 6 String QuartetsThey also played for the Oscar nominated short film, The Little Match Girl.