Ariel Quartet

Distinguished by its virtuosity, probing musical insight, and impassioned,
fiery performances, the Ariel Quartet has garnered critical praise
worldwide over the span of nearly two decades. Formed in Israel as
teenagers at the Jerusalem Academy Middle School of Music and Dance and
celebrating their 20th anniversary in 2020-21, the Ariel was named
recipient of the prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award, granted by Chamber
Music America in recognition of artistic achievement and career support.
The ensemble serves as the Faculty Quartet-in-Residence at the University
of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, where they direct the
chamber-music program and present a concert series in addition to
maintaining a busy touring schedule in the United States and abroad.
The ensemble has dedicated much of its artistic energy and musical prowess
to the groundbreaking Beethoven quartets, and has performed the complete
Beethoven cycle on five occasions throughout the United States and Europe.
The Quartet has written a powerful and comprehensive series of program
notes on the sixteen quartets, open to the public on their website. The
Ariel Quartet regularly collaborates with today’s eminent and rising young
musicians and ensembles, including pianist Orion Weiss, violist Roger
Tapping, cellist Paul Katz, and the American, Pacifica, and Jerusalem
String Quartets. The Quartet has toured with cellist Alisa Weilerstein and
performed frequently with pianists Jeremy Denk and Menahem Pressler. In
addition, the Ariel served as Quartet-in-Residence for the Steans Music
Institute at the Ravinia Festival, the Yellow Barn Music Festival, and the
Perlman Music Program, as well as the Ernst Stiefel String
Quartet-in-Residence at the Caramoor Festival.