![2324_fortas_abeoquartet2](https://images.ljms.org/uploads/2024/05/2324_fortas_abeoquartet2.jpg?resize=13%2C10&gravity)
Abeo Quartet
Njioma Grevious, Rebecca Benjamin, violins; James Kang, viola; Macintyre Taback, cello
The Abeo Quartet was the inaugural Graduate String Quartet in Residence at the University of Delaware, under the mentorship of the Calidore String Quartet from 2021–23. Abeo’s recent accomplishments include Third Prize at the 2023 Bad Tölz International String Quartet Competition, making the semi-finals at the 2023 Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition and being among ten quartets invited to participate in the 14th Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2022. The quartet was also a First Prize and Audience Favorite Prize winner in the Yellow Springs Chamber Music Competition for Emerging Professional Ensembles and Silver Medal winner of the Chesapeake International Chamber Music Competition, both in 2022. Additionally, Abeo was a finalist in the 2021 Young Concert Artists International Competition and the silver medal winner of the 2019 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. Violinist Njioma Grevious was named as a recipient of the 2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant.