Internationally acclaimed veterans of contemporary music, Sirius Quartet combines exhilarating repertoire with unequalled improvisational fire. These conservatory-trained performer-composers shine with precision, soul and raw energy, championing a forward-thinking, genre-defying approach.

Since their debut concert at the original Knitting Factory in New York City, Sirius has played some of the most important venues in the world, including Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, the Beijing Music Festival, the Cologne Music Triennale, Stuttgart Jazz, Musique Actuelle in Canada, the Taichung Jazz Fest – Taiwan's biggest jazz event – and many others.

Having premiered works by significant living composers, Sirius continues their long-running commitment to musical innovation with bold, original works by its own members, pushing beyond the conventional vocabulary of string instruments by incorporating popular song forms, extended techniques, gripping improvisations and undeniable, contemporary grooves.

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With their newest album and concert program Incantations, the internationally acclaimed Sirius Quartet explore the idea of music as a means of both honoring and communicating with those who have passed on.  Sirius has created an entirely new body of original and progressive chamber music that reaches both deep within and without, paying homage to those closest to them including family and friends, as well as lifting up lost musical heroes and those who have suffered violence and injustice as a result of war and political strife throughout the world.

Rather than dwelling on the pain and grief that comes from loss, the quartet brings both catharsis and cleansing with their compelling compositions and arrangements, drawing up myriad musical influences including modern classical and jazz, Hindu and Orthodox chant, Eastern-European folk traditions, Arabic maqam, rock, metal, and free improvisation.

The result is a unique and powerful musical journey that is equal parts lament and celebration and is sure to draw in listeners and audience members of all ages and backgrounds from all corners of the musical world.

"Versatility and flair with lively improvisations... another highlight."

The New York Times

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"A stellar ensemble that transforms standard chamber music frameworks with exceptional playing, writing and arranging... the joy and energy with which they play was palpable."

New York City Jazz Record

"These are musicians who enter the very grain of the wood of their instruments... Each time their music is heard one can’t help being impressed by their devilishly good virtuosity."

The Whole Note

"This long-running group of four-string virtuosos boasts an outlandishly diverse repertoire."

Time Out New York

"An ensemble that works comfortably at the intersection of post-minimalist classical composition [and] post-bop jazz."

Detroit Free Press

“Works comfortably at the intersection of post-minimalist classical composition and post-bop jazz.”

Detroit Free Press

"A unique blend of composition and improvisation... fantastic fluidity... tasteful and inventive."

DownBeat Magazine