The Berkshire Edge: Preview: Dover String Quartet in new lineup at South Mountain, October 15

Dover Quartet
Written By 8VA Music Consultancy

The Berkshire Edge
By David Noel Edwards

Pittsfield — Up until just a few weeks ago, the Dover String Quartet’s reputation was excellent. But now it is about to soar, as Julianne Lee has departed the Boston Symphony Orchestra to join the group as violist. Lee played in the BSO’s first desk of second violinists, having joined the orchestra in her early 20s before she had even graduated from New England Conservatory. A wunderkind of staggering talent, Lee plays violin and viola with equal ease.

All members of the Dover Quartet studied at the Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia’s uber-elite school for prodigies. So, yes, they all play at Lee’s level. Still, notwithstanding their proximity at Curtis to innumerable viola virtuosos, they must be pinching themselves over their extraordinary luck at welcoming Lee into their group.

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