The Strad: Shanghai Quartet – May 2019 Cover
Keep an eye out for the Shanghai Quartet on the cover of the May 2019 issue. What a celebration of their 35th anniversary this season!
Pizzicato: 35 Years of Shanghai Quartet: Beethoven forever
35 years ago, one of today's foremost chamber ensembles, the Shanghai Quartet, was formed at the Shanghai Conservatory. Since that year they have played around 3000 concerts and recorded 35 albums. Remy Franck met First violinist and founding member Weigang Li in his native Shanghai.
Strings Magazine: Tour Diary – Shanghai Quartet Brings Beethoven to China for 35th Anniversary Season
Shanghai Quartet outlines their days on the road during their recent China tour with Beethoven Quartets.
WQXR: The Shanghai Quartet Celebrates Its 35th Anniversary
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Playbill: Shanghai Quartet Performs in Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society's Winter Festival
Finckel is especially excited about the Shanghai Quartet, which performs in the final concert of the festival, the program originally played on March 26, 1827 (March 27). “The Shanghai really is as fine a string quartet as one can hear. I’m very gratified that they’re coming to do this,” he says. There’s another notable aspect of this particular program: Beethoven died the same day.