Telegraph Quartet

“…an incredibly valuable addition to the cultural landscape.”

— San Francisco Chronicle

Formed in 2013, the Telegraph Quartet explores standard chamber music repertoire as well as contemporary, non-standard works. They have performed in concert halls and at music festivals and academic institutions throughout the United States and internationally. They have collaborated with notable musicians, including pianists Leon Fleisher and Simone Dinnerstein, cellists Norman Fischer and Bonnie Hampton, violinist Ian Swensen, and the St. Lawrence and Henschel Quartets. The Telegraph Quartet has premiered works by numerous composers – including John Harbison, Richard Festinger, Robert Sirota, and Osvaldo Golijov – and has earned honors such as the 2016 Walter W. Naumburg Chamber Music Award and the Grand Prize at the 2014 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition.

Featured Album

August 22, 2025

Edge of the Storm

Winner of Chamber Music America’s Album of the Year Award

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Education

The Telegraph Quartet has a deep interest and commitment to broadening the horizons of music for as many people as we can.  Our educational programs span the gamut of chamber music coachings, masterclasses, side-by-side chamber music intensives, chamber music skill seminars, public school outreach, and our specially crafted TeleLab series!  We have honed these skills and projects as the Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Michigan, where all members of the Telegraph Quartet give weekly chamber music coaching’s as well as multiple forums throughout the year.

Featured Project

TeleLab

The TeleLab Series gives our audience the time and space to deepen their experience of works that are very rich and complex, opening a window into what makes that piece tick.

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Schedule

Upcoming Appearances

August 26, 2026
7:30 pm

Adrian Symphony Summer Series

Adrian, MI

Holy Rosary Chapel

Debussy: String Quartet
Bunch: String Quartet No. 3 Apocryphal Dances
Mendelssohn: Quartet No. 2, Op. 13, “Es ist wahr?”

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September 4-7, 2026

Constellations Chamber Concerts

Potomac, MD

Potomac Presbyterian Church & the Constellations Music Salon

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September 12, 2026
3 pm

Maybeck Studio

Berkeley, CA

Hidden Figures

Beethoven ~ Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135
Shostakovich ~ Elegy and Polka
Felix Mendelssohn ~ Quartet No. 2, Op. 13, “Es ist wahr?”

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"With precise tuning, textural variety and impassioned communication, the Telegraph players burned this masterpiece into one's memory"

– The Strad
Updates & Announcements

Latest News

New Release Alert!
August 5, 2026

New Release Alert!

'Robert Sirota: Contrapassos' Releases on August 28 on all major platforms

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