THE STRING QUARTET
represents one of the most enduring yet vulnerable forms of artistic collaboration.
Despite exceptional ability and early recognition, few ensembles are able to sustain artistically bold, long-term careers. Today's environment is inhospitable to small-ensemble music: crushing economics, decreasing attention spans, and increasing mental health pressures make it harder than ever to build a career that lasts. Without intervention, we risk losing both a spiritual counterbalance to modern life and an art form that has historically served as both the proving ground and the most intimate expressive medium for the world's greatest composers. Resonance exists to change that.
FOUNDERS
Daniel Roberts is a founding violinist of the award-winning Castalian String Quartet, Hans Keller Artist in Residence at the University of Oxford, and Artistic Director of the Xenia Chamber Music Course in Italy. Under his leadership, the Castalian Quartet has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Berlin Philharmonie, the Vienna Konzerthaus, and Wigmore Hall, and has received both the Royal Philharmonic Society Young Artist Award and the Merito String Quartet Award.
DANIEL
ROBERTS
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Daniel Llewellyn Roberts is in demand internationally as a violinist, chamber musician and teacher. He is a founding member of the Castalian String Quartet, Artistic Director of the Xenia Chamber Music Course (Italy) and Hans Keller Artist in Residence at the University of Oxford.
In 2018 the Castalian Quartet was the inaugural winner of the Merito String Quartet Award and in 2019 was named Royal Philharmonic Society Young Artist of the Year. Recent recitals include the Wigmore Hall (Artist in Residence), Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Vienna Konzerthaus, Berlin Philharmonie, Berlin Konzerthaus, Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, Paris Philharmonie, the Aldeburgh Festival and the Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival. North American debuts include Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, 92nd Street Y, Library of Congress, the Celebrity Series of Boston, Cal Performances, San Francisco Performances, Vancouver Recital Series and Salle Bourgie, Montreal.
Daniel has collaborated with Sir Stephen Hough, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Timothy Ridout, Zlatomir Fung, Paul Wiancko, Michael Collins and the Belcea Quartet.
Commissions include chamber works by Sir Mark-Anthony Turnage (for the Edinburgh Festival), Charlotte Bray, Francesco Antonioni, Mark Simpson and Simon Rowland-Jones. The Castalian String Quartet’s 2022 recording Between Two Words was given a double five-star review by BBC Music Magazine: “this outstanding disc offers listeners a true philosophical journey performed with rare beauty and originality by a quartet at the height of its powers…[the Heiliger Dankgesang from Beethoven Op.132] is nothing short of a revelation in its lucidity of line and sheer beauty of sound.”
Daniel is a guest teacher of chamber music at the Royal Academy of Music and has given masterclasses across the UK, USA and China. His teachers include Jan Repko, Oliver Wille, Thomas Brandis, Simon Rowland-Jones, David Waterman and Levon Chilingirian.
He is a graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music, the Royal College of Music and the Hannover University of Music, Drama and Media and was a fellow in chamber music at the Royal Academy of Music.
Tom Stone is a founding violinist of the Cypress String Quartet and one of the leading figures in American chamber music. Over the course of an internationally celebrated performing career spanning North America, Europe, and Asia, he has released more than fifteen acclaimed recordings and held senior leadership roles at some of the country's most respected institutions — including Artistic Director of the Centrum Chamber Music Festival and the Eureka Chamber Music Series, and Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale.
TOM
STONE
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Tom Stone was a founding member of the Cypress String Quartet and performed thousands of concerts throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America. Praised by Gramophone for “artistry of uncommon insight and cohesion,” and by the NY Times for “tender, deeply expressive” interpretations, they recorded over 15 albums and are heard regularly on hundreds of radio stations throughout the world. The CSQ was heard on the Netflix original series “House of Cards,” and collaborated with leading artists ranging from Michael Franti of Spearhead to modern dance companies.
The CSQ created a niche in the world arts community as one of the most passionate, insightful, and innovative ensembles of their time. In addition to definitive interpretations of masters such as Beethoven, the CSQ commissioned some of the most important composers of its time including Kevin Puts, Philippe Hersant, Jennifer Higdon, George Tsontakis, and Elena Ruehr.
Tom was born in Chicago where he studied music with Hilel Kagan. At age 16 he attended Tanglewood where he coached with Eugene Lehner of the Kolisch Quartet and played in an orchestra under the direction of Leonard Bernstein. After this experience, his focus on music became increasingly intense. Tom went on to pursue musical studies at the Eastman School of Music and the Cleveland Institute of Music. His major teachers have included Donald Weilerstein, Gyorgy Sebok, and Merry Peckham. Tom has also performed in masterclasses for Issac Stern and members of the Amadeus, Cleveland, Emerson, Juilliard and LaSalle Quartets. He has performed with many distinguished artists including Gary Hoffman, Awadagin Pratt, Leon Fleisher, Zuill Bailey, Jon Nakamatsu, and Donald Weilerstein.
Tom is currently artistic director of the Eureka Chamber Music Series and Vice President of InterMusic, SF. He has served as artistic director of the Centrum Chamber Music Festival and board member of Chamber Music America. Tom has also served as Vice-President for Strategic Initiatives at Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale. Dedicated to mentoring and training the next generation of exceptionally talented musicians, Tom has mentored the prize winners of the Banff international String Quartet Competition and was a visiting artist at Harvard, MIT, Stanford, University of California, Berkeley and other elite universities.
