Omer Quintet at Brentwood Arts Exchange Listening Room

Comprising violinists Mason Yu and Erica Tursi, violist Jinsun Hong, and cellist Alex Cox, the Omer Quartet is a leader among today’s young string quartets. Most recently first prizewinners of the Young Concert Artists Auditions, the quartet was also top prizewinners of the XI Premio Paolo Borciani Competition in Italy, the Trondheim Competition in Norway, and the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition among others. Critics have praised the quartet for playing with a “sense of discovery and adventure, but also with considerable finesse. Having just completed a graduate residency at the New England Conservatory, they are currently the Doctoral Fellowship String Quartet in residence at the University of Maryland....

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Comprising violinists Mason Yu and Erica Tursi, violist Jinsun Hong, and cellist Alex Cox, the Omer Quartet is a leader among today’s young string quartets. Most recently first prizewinners of the Young Concert Artists Auditions, the quartet was also top prizewinners of the XI Premio Paolo Borciani Competition in Italy, the Trondheim Competition in Norway, and the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition among others. Critics have praised the quartet for playing with a “sense of discovery and adventure, but also with considerable finesse. Having just completed a graduate residency at the New England Conservatory, they are currently the Doctoral Fellowship String Quartet in residence at the University of Maryland.

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