Carnegie Hall

Experience the exceptional Marmen Quartet in its wide-ranging New York debut. The opening selection highlights why the ensemble won “Best Performance of a Haydn Quartet” (plus first prize and more) at the Banff International String Quartet Competition. Then, hear Ligeti’s First String Quartet, which Marmen performs “with an energetic vitality and color that transforms [Ligeti’s] thorniest into riveting storytell[ing],” according to BBC Music Magazine’s five-star review of the quartet’s “auspicious debut” album. The program continues with a choice selection by Caroline Shaw—holder of Carnegie Hall’s 2026–2027 Debs Composer’s Chair, and a favorite among today’s top string quartets—and it concludes with Debussy’s breathtaking singular string quartet.