"outstanding performance and incisive interpretation"
Reykjavik Morgunblaðið

__The Formalist Quartet is an ensemble dedicated to the performance of adventurous repertoire focusing on contemporary pieces and world premiers as well as exploring a diverse spectrum of early music and the standard repertoire.
Heralded as "superb" by the Los Angeles Times and and praised for their “great discipline an conviction” (sandiego.com), the Formalist Quartet has established itself as the preeminent new music string quartet of Southern California. The quartet was born on the 100th birthday of Dmitri Shostakovich (September 25th, 2006) and since then has been playing frequently across the United States in concert halls, festivals, art galleries, cafes, homes, and on the radio including venues such as Roy O. Disney Hall at CalArts; REDCAT at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles; the Wulf, Los Angeles; University of California, San Diego; Stanford University; University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; the Flatfile Galleries, Chicago; University of Nevada, Reno; Cornelia Street Cafe, New York; MOSA Concert Series, New York; Princeton University; the Eagle Rock Center for the Arts; the Villa Aurora, Pacific Palisades; University of Maryland, Baltimore County; LISTEN/SPACE, New York; Hamiltonian Gallery, Washington DC; ArtSpace Herndon, Virginia; Villa Aurora, Pacific Palisades; and the Et Cetera New Music Festival. In 2010, the quartet appeared at the Reykjavic Arts Festival, Iceland and was noted for their "outstanding performance and incisive interpretation" by the Reykjavik  Morgunblaðið. Their recordings include the epic 100 Cadences of Arthur Jarvinen, music for several films and pop records, Kristian Ireland’s Clearing on the <541> series through Innova records, and composer Nicholas Deyoe’s Images from a sleepless night and … for every day is another view of the tentative past (both of which were written for the Formalist Quartet) on his debut release, with throbbing eyes.