Orion String Quartet
Daniel Phillips, violinTodd Phillips, violin
Steven Tenenbom, viola
Timothy Eddy, cello
The Orion String Quartet is one of the most sought-after ensembles in the United States, receiving praise for its fresh perspective and individuality, offering diverse programs that juxtapose classic works of the standard quartet literature with masterworks by living composers. It remains on the cutting edge of programming with their wide-ranging commissions from composers Chick Corea, John Harbison, Leon Kirchner, Marc Neikrug, Peter Lieberson, and Wynton Marsalis, and enjoy a creative partnership with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company.
With over fifty performances a year, the members of the Orion String Quartet have worked closely with such legendary figures as Pablo Casals, Rudolf Serkin, Isaac Stern, Pinchas Zukerman, Yo-Yo Ma, Peter Serkin, András Schiff, and the Beaux Arts Trio, as well as the Budapest, Végh, Galimir and Guarneri String Quartets. The Orion serves as quartet-in-residence at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and New York's Mannes College of Music and is the resident quartet at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music.
Last season, the Orion performed the complete Beethoven quartets in London as part of the inaugural season of King's Place, the first performance hall to be built in London in almost thirty years. The quartet has also performed four times as part of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's season in New York, including the inaugural re-opening of Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall.
Heard frequently on NPR's Performance Today and WNYC Live, the Orion String Quartet has also appeared three times on ABC's Good Morning America, on A&E's Breakfast with the Arts and PBS' Live from Lincoln Center. In 2004 they participated in the first WNYC Radio collaboration with BBC World Service's popular syndicated program, Music Party.
Formed in 1987, the quartet chose its name from the Orion constellation as a metaphor for the unique personality each musician brings to the group in its collective pursuit of the highest musical ideals.
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