Friction Quartet
String quartet
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29 | Played at 29 groupmuses! |
Friction Quartet
String quartet
About
Friction Quartet, whose performances have been called “terribly beautiful” (San Francisco Classical Voice), “stunningly passionate” (Calgary Herald) and “exquisitely skilled” (ZealNYC), exists to exists to modernize the chamber music experience and expand the string quartet repertoire. Joshua Kosman (San Francisco Chronicle) declared that Friction Quartet is “an artist who should be discovered” and described their performance as “high-octane music making…a fine blend of rhythmic ferocity and tonal flair.”
Friction gave their Carnegie Hall debut as part of the Kronos Quartet Workshop in 2016, and returned in 2018 to perform Black Angels as part of "The '60s" festival. They were the second place winner of the 2016 Schoenfeld International String Competition and were quarter-finalists in the 2015 Fischoff Competition.
They have held residencies at New Music for Strings Festival, Interlochen Arts Camp, The Center for New Music, The Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance, and more.
Music
21st century:
Music by John Adams, Michi Wiancko, Alex Dowling, Annika Socolofksy, Andy Akiho and many, many more.
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20th century:
Music by Benjamin Britten, Leos Janacek, Alban Berg, Bela Bartok, Peteris Vasks, Maurice Ravel, Dimitri Shostakovich and more.
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Earlier Music:
Music by Fanny Mendelssohn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Antonin Dvorak, Joseph Haydn and more.
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Pop Music:
Music by Prince, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Skrillex, Radiohead, Britney Spears and more.
Videos
Audio
Programs
Host one of these programs in your space!
- Musician profile: View ensemble profile
- Composers: Hugo Wolf, Michi Wiancko, Hugo Alfven
- Instruments: String Quartet & Soprano
Friction plays Janacek, Shaw, Berg
- Musician profile: Friction Quartet
- Instruments: String Quartet
- Musician profile: Friction Quartet
- Instruments: String quartet
- Musicians: Douglas Machiz, Kevin Rogers, Otis Harriel, Mitso Floor, Doug Machiz
Friction plays Gilbertson and O'halloran
- Musician profile: Friction Quartet
- Instruments: String Quartet
- Musicians: Douglas Machiz, Kevin Rogers, Otis Harriel, Mitso Floor, Doug Machiz
Past groupmuses (29)
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Church
Sunday, Jan 21, 2024 8:00 PM PST
- Neighborhood: Noe Valley, SF
- Instruments: String Quartet
- Price: $15 tickets ($10 for Supermusers)
Happened 10 months ago
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ROUNDCOLLAB presents: Friction Quartet
Saturday, Dec 2, 2023 11:00 AM PST
- Neighborhood: Dogpatch, SF
- Composers: Trey Spruance, Michi Wiancko, Lu Yun
- Instruments: String quartet
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened 12 months ago
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Friction Quartet at Côte West Winery in Oakland
Sunday, Feb 26, 2023 5:30 PM PST
- Neighborhood: East Peralta, Oakland
- Composers: Hugo Wolf, Michi Wiancko, Hugo Alfven
- Instruments: String Quartet & Soprano
- Price: $5 to reserve, $10+ at event
Happened over 1 year ago
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Outdoors
Saturday, Nov 6, 2021 4:30 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: North Oakland
- Composers: Prokofiev, Dvorak, Hovatter
- Instruments: string quartet
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened about 3 years ago
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Sunday, Feb 9, 2020 6:30 PM PST
- Neighborhood: SoMa, SF
- Composers: Boccherini, Prokofiev
- Instruments: string quartet plus guitar
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened almost 5 years ago
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Sunday, Sep 15, 2019 6:30 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: SoMa, SF
- Composers: Debussy, Haydn
- Instruments: string quartet
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened about 5 years ago
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Winter Sunset Groupmuse with Friction Quartet
Sunday, Feb 24, 2019 3:45 PM EST
- Neighborhood: Chinatown, Boston
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 5 years ago
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Saturday, Nov 10, 2018 7:30 PM PST
- Neighborhood: Richmond, CA
- Composers: Britten
- Instruments: String quartet
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened about 6 years ago
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Saturday, Oct 20, 2018 5:00 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: Upper Rockridge, Oakland
- Composers: Britten, SOHN, Prince
- Instruments: String quartet
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened about 6 years ago
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San Francisco's Friction String Quartet in Seattle
Sunday, Oct 7, 2018 2:30 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: Inverness
- Composers: Janáček, Mellits, Andersen, Loiacono
- Instruments: String Quartet
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened about 6 years ago
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Outdoors
Friday, May 18, 2018 7:00 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: Adams Point, Oakland
- Composers: Janacek, Beethoven, Prince
- Instruments: String quartet
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 6 years ago
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The Unicorn's Maiden 'muse: Birthday Edition!
Saturday, Feb 10, 2018 7:30 PM PST
- Neighborhood: West Oakland
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened almost 7 years ago
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Thursday, Feb 1, 2018 7:30 PM PST
- Neighborhood: Noe Valley, SF
- Composers: Haydn, Healy
- Instruments: String Quartet
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened almost 7 years ago
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Wednesday, Jul 19, 2017 7:00 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: Saint Francis Wood, SF
- Composers: Smetana, Healy
- Instruments: String Quartet
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 7 years ago
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Sunday, May 21, 2017 7:30 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: Mission District, SF
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 7 years ago
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Friday, May 5, 2017 7:30 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: Civic Center, SF
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 7 years ago
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Saturday, Apr 15, 2017 7:00 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: Lower Haight, San Francisco
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 7 years ago
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Outdoors
Friday, Mar 10, 2017 7:30 PM PST
- Neighborhood: Mission District, SF
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 7 years ago
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Sunday, Feb 26, 2017 7:30 PM PST
- Neighborhood: Lower Haight, San Francisco
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 7 years ago
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The Brothers Avshalomov Birthday Groupmuse
Saturday, Feb 4, 2017 7:30 PM PST
- Neighborhood: South of Market, SF
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened almost 8 years ago