QUOTES
"...a driving, high energy performance"
- Strad Magazine
"Provocative as usual, the Del Sol Quartet jumps cultures, continents, in its brilliant recital"
- San Francisco Classical Voice
"masters of all musical things they survey…"
- Gramophone Magazine
"…high spirited…dynamic…"
- New York Times
"…a fascinating and exquisitely played program"
- Washington Post
"bracing…performed with sensitivity and flair"
- Boston Globe
(StringWreck) "A Wreck that soars! A deliciously entertaining, slightly wacky evening of music and dance that could charm a turnip"
- DanceViewTimes
(StringWreck) "A delight from start to finish"
- San Francisco Chronicle
"Del Sol gave it a knockout performance, one that brought Bartók's rustic dance melodies, heartbreaking night music, and harmonic brilliance to the fore with admirable nuance and intensity. "
- San Francisco Classical Voice
"Chinary Ung's Spiral X: In Memoriam recalls the Cambodian holocaust through lush string textures punctuated by the wailing and keening of the members of the Del Sol String Quartet, the dedicatees and superb interpreters of the piece. A true cry from the heart."
- London Financial Times
"The most engaging part of the music [in Divide Light] was the Del Sol String Quartet...Two of the numbers called for a string soloist to move around the stage, interacting with the singers or actors. Another number required them to speak or shout various words as they performed. Their music, sometimes simple and sometimes complex, was always effective and well executed."
-Mark Alburger, 21st Century Music
PHOTOS
photo credit: Michele Clement
photo credit: Michele Clement
photo credit: Jim Block
REVIEWS AND PRESS
Review: Raising the Roof with Del Sol by Matthew Cmiel, San Francisco Classical Voice
Review: Del Sol Quartet offers delicate interplay in contemporary program by Joan Reinthaler, The Washington Post
Video of Del Sol with hip-hop violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain: CBS News
Review: Music at Meyer by Georgia Rowe, San Francisco Classical Voice
Article:"Americans in Paris" by James F. Keller, Chamber Music Magazine
CD Review: "Marc Blitzstein: First Life" by Jerry Dubins, Fanfare
Interview: "The Sound of a String Quartet Going Supernova" by David Templeton, All Things Strings,
Review: Symphony Space by Vivien Schweitzer, New York Times
CD Review: "Marc Blitzstein: First Life" by Edith Eisler, Strings Magazine
Review: Mestizaje by Beeri Moalem, San Francisco Classical Voice
CD Review: "Marc Blitzstein: First Life" by Steve Layton, Sequenza21
CD Review: "Marc Blitzstein: First Life" by Greg Stepanich, Palm Beach ArtsPaper
Review: Mestizaje by Greg Cahill, All Things Strings
CD Review: "Marc Blitzstein: First Life" by Uncle Dave Lewis, AllMusicGuide
CD Review: "Marc Blitzstein: First Life" by Jens F. Laurson, Classical WETA 90.9 FM
Review: Other Minds 14 London Financial Times
CD Review: Ring of Fire by Donald Rosenberg, Gramophone Magazine
CD Review: Ring of Fire by Jeremy Eichler, Boston Globe
CD Reviews: Del Sol String Quartet - New music by Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle
Review: Garrett dancers with Del Sol Quartet by Rachel Howard, San Francisco Chronicle
A Wreck that Soars by Rita Felciano, Dance Review Times
Culture Clash: Janice Garrett & Dancers and Del Sol Quartet Mix It Up by Jean Schiffman, San Francisco Arts Monthly
Joyous Eclecticism by Michelle Dulak Thomson, San Francisco Classical Voice
Del Sol on KQED TV, Spark, first aired 4/11/07