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The Shanghai Quartet

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Sun, Apr 19, 2026, 5:00 pm

Alice Tully Hall

2 hours, including intermission

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CMS is proud to present the Shanghai Quartet, an esteemed ensemble which has set the standard for string quartet performance in Asia for over forty years, in their only New York City appearance this season. Easily bridging borders, the Shanghai offers a program of cross-cultural pollination, from Haydn’s “Rider” (composed after an inspiring trip to London), to Dvořák’s “American” (written in a Czech community in Iowa), and into the 20th century with Chinese-American composer Tan Dun’s Feng-Ya-Song, a piece that launched his international career.

Program

Joseph Haydn

(1732–1809)

Quartet in G minor for Strings, Hob. III:74, No. 3, "The Rider"

(1793)

Tan Dun

(b. 1957)

Feng Ya Song (String Quartet No. 1)

(1982, rev. 2018)

George Gershwin

(1898-1937)

Lullaby for String Quartet

(c. 1919-20)

Joseph Haydn

(1732–1809)

Quartet in F major for Strings, Op. 96, "American"

(1893)

Shanghai Quartet

Ensemble
Presented at

Alice Tully Hall

1941 Broadway at, W 65th St New York, NY 10023