Prometheus Quartet

Hailed by the Santa Barbara Independent for their “taut and refined collective sound,” the Prometheus Quartet is an international string quartet inspired by the myth of Prometheus, striving to bring the gift of music to others. Just as Prometheus stole fire from the gods to give to humanity, the quartet seeks to spark meaningful forms of connection to audiences through fresh performances of the beloved string quartet repertoire.

Formed in 2023 at The Juilliard School, the quartet studied intensively with Merry Peckham and served as a Gluck Fellowship ensemble for the 2024-2025 school year. At Juilliard, the quartet also studied with Joel Krosnick, Joseph Lin, Natasha Brofsky, Catherine Cho, and the Juilliard String Quartet. The ensemble is currently the Graduate String Quartet in Residence at the University of Delaware, where they study with the Calidore String Quartet.

The quartet has performed at festivals such as the Schiermonnikoog Festival (Netherlands), McGill International String Quartet Academy (Canada), and the Juilliard String Quartet Seminar. In summer 2025, they were named the inaugural Emerging Artist String Quartet at the Music Academy of the West, where they studied with the Takács Quartet and were invited to return for a recital on the Mariposa Concert Series. They currently serve as Educational Artists-in-Residence at Chesapeake Music, are prize winners of the Chamber Music Society of Forth Worth’s Emerging Artist competition, and have been selected as finalists in the Saint Paul String Quartet Competition.

Deeply committed to innovation in performance, the quartet appeared in The Mad King, a collaboration between Carnegie Hall and Juilliard’s ‘New Series’, presenting Schoenberg’s Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte in a multimedia setting. They have also collaborated with Juilliard Arnhold Creative Associate Claire Chase as part of her Density 2036 project. Named one of New York Classical Review’s Critic’s Choice performances of 2024–25, the quartet premiered a new version of Terry Riley’s The Holy Liftoff for string quartet, flute, and electronic tape.

Future engagements include concerts at the University of Delaware, the International Musicians Seminar at Prussia Cove, and a residency at the Vibre! International String Quartet Festival in Bordeaux, as the first North American ensemble ever selected, where they will work closely with Quatuor Modigliani.

The quartet has received additional coaching from Marc Danel, André Roy, Min-Jeong Koh, Antoine Tamestit, members of Quatuor Ébène, the Alban Berg Quartet, the Jerusalem Quartet, the Orion Quartet, the Emerson Quartet, and the Parker Quartet. Recent collaborations include performances with pianist Jeremy Denk, mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, and composer/percussionist Andy Akiho.

The quartet members individually attained their Bachelor’s degrees from Mannes School of Music, New England Conservatory, the Peabody Institute, and Eastman School of Music before forming at Juilliard.