Fine Arts Quartet

The Fine Arts Quartet is a chamber music ensemble founded in Chicago, United States in 1946 by Leonard Sorkin and George Sopkin. The Quartet has recorded over 200 works and has toured internationally for nearly 80 years, making it one of the longest enduring major string quartets. In its history, the Quartet has had two leaders: Leonard Sorkin, from 1946 to 1981, and Ralph Evans, from 1982 to the present. Its current members are violinists Ralph Evans and Efim Boico (who have been playing together in the Quartet since 1983), violist Gil Sharon, and cellist Niklas Schmidt.

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 18 & 22 (Arr. for Piano, String Quartet & Double Bass by Ignaz Lachner) - 2025-09-26T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven - The Early Years - 2025-05-02T00:00:00.000000Z

The Lyrinx Recordings (2001): Mozart: The Complete String Quintets - 2022-11-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Spirit of Bohemia - 2021-03-12T00:00:00.000000Z

Spohr: Octet; Clarinet Concerto No. 1; Nonet - 2015-07-24T00:00:00.000000Z

Kreisler - Zimbalist: String Quartets - 2011-05-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven: Complete String Quartets including the Grosse Fugue (Remastered from the Original Concert-Disc Master Tapes) - 2017-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven: String Quartet No. 16, Op. 135 & Grosse Fugue, Op. 133 (Remastered from the Original Concert-Disc Master Tapes) - 2017-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Spohr: Nonet in F Major, Op. 31 (Remastered from the Original Concert-Disc Master Tapes) - 2017-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Mozart: Viola Quintets - 2013-07-02T00:00:00.000000Z

Fauré, G.: Piano Quintets - 2009-06-30T00:00:00.000000Z

Bruckner, A.: String Quintet in F Major / String Quartet in C Minor - 2008-12-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Haydn: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 20 - 1969-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Similar Artists