Friction Quartet

Ensemble

	Based in Oakland and San Francisco
	String quartet
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Friction Quartet, whose performances have been called “terribly beautiful” (San Francisco Classical Voice), “stunningly passionate” (Calgary Herald) and “exquisitely skilled” (ZealNYC), exists to exists to modernize the chamber music experience and expand the string quartet repertoire. Joshua Kosman (San Francisco Chronicle) declared that Friction Quartet is “an artist who should be discovered” and described their performance as “high-octane music making…a fine blend of rhythmic ferocity and tonal flair.”

Friction gave their Carnegie Hall debut as part of the Kronos Quartet Workshop in 2016, and returned in 2018 to perform Black Angels as part of "The '60s" festival. They were the second place winner of the 2016 Schoenfeld International String Competition and were quarter-finalists in the 2015 Fischoff Competition.

They have held residencies at New Music for Strings Festival, Interlochen Arts Camp, The Center for New Music, The Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance, and more.

Traditional Repertoire

21st century:
Music by John Adams, Michi Wiancko, Alex Dowling, Annika Socolofksy, Andy Akiho and many, many more.
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20th century:
Music by Benjamin Britten, Leos Janacek, Alban Berg, Bela Bartok, Peteris Vasks, Maurice Ravel, Dimitri Shostakovich and more.
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Earlier Music:
Music by Fanny Mendelssohn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Antonin Dvorak, Joseph Haydn and more.
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Pop Music:
Music by Prince, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Skrillex, Radiohead, Britney Spears and more.

Programs

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Friction Quartet
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- Composers: Hugo Wolf, Michi Wiancko, Hugo Alfven
- Instruments: String Quartet & Soprano
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Friction plays Janacek, Shaw, Berg
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- Instruments: String Quartet
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Wiancko, Spruance and Yun
- Musician profile: Friction Quartet
- Instruments: String quartet
- Musicians: Douglas Machiz, Kevin Rogers, Otis Harriel, Mitso Floor, Doug Machiz
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