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| The Boston Globe |
| “The Jupiter Quartet offer[ed] an unforgettable performance.... The group has a pleasing stage presence... the pleasure they take in one another’s musical company was palpable. [About Shostakovich 3rd Quartet] This group can go for broke, and it did in the churning “Forces of war” movement, without losing its tonal center or pushing tone over the line into noise. Another rare quality is the force of the group’s concentration, which carried the five movements in an unbroken arc—an emotional arc. The piece told its story and communicated the composer’s passionate emotions and bleak worldview.” |
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| The New York Times |
| “The Jupiter String Quartet, which won several major chamber music competitions in 2004 as well as the Young Concert Artists auditions this year, began with a taut, warm-hued account of Mendlessohn’s Quartet in A minor (Op. 13). Mendelssohn’s youthful bounce suits this group, and the musicians were at their best in the lithe Intermezzo. They persuasively conveyed the work’s steamier moments, too, and they magnified that side of their playing later in Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” Quartet, which closed the concert. What these young players brought to the Schubert was both energetic firmness and fine nuance, qualities that served the opening movement and the extended set of variations in the slow movement beautifully.” |
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| The New York Sun |
| “One of the strongest young string quartets in the country” |
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| St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
“String quartets, like fine wines, get better with age; the Jupiters are a
very fine vintage indeed.” |
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| The Brockton Enterprise |
| “The group tore into the fabric of this music with impassioned zest. Passages in the brusque middle movement of the Shostakovich opus, for instance, buzzed with electricity in the ensemble’s hands. Yet, as heard in the soulful slow movement of the Dvorak, such niceties as phrase shaping, textural balance and long-range pacing were never neglected. Melodic material spoke with eloquence and immediacy, and intonation was spot-on. And attention to detail proved the order of the day-never more evident than in the Mozart, where contrasts between loud and soft passsages appear with turn-on-a-dime suddenness...in the face of so much that was truly special about this afternoon’s event, one can only say Bravo to the Jupiter Quartet for a heavenly presentation. The standing ovation they received at the concert’s end was justly earned.” |
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| The Buffalo News |
| “The Jupiter String Quartet...delivered an arresting, intriguing performance that was well worth the effort” |
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| New York Concert Reviews Inc. |
| “[Their] intensity of spirit, which they consistently engaged throughout the evening, will perhaps be one of their signature trademarks” |
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| The Hamilton Spectator |
| “[The] Jupiter Quartet was just out of this world....The Jupiters conquered every technical challenge thrown before them” |
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| Paul Schoenfield |
| “You’re never going to hear a string quartet any better.” |
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| The Austin American-Stateman |
| “Holy catgut, Batman! It had pedal-to-the-metal pacing, was absolutely together and was exquisitely in tune. It was also a masterful reading of a masterpiece, with confident tempo modifications and amazingly mature expression.” |
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| The Live Music Report (Toronto) |
| “The fire and sweetness of youth is what the Jupiter String Quartet brought to their [Toronto] recital” |
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| The Tallahassee Democrat |
| “The youthful Quartet...approached the music with vigor and style. They have excellent technique, and their individual sounds blend well.” |
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