Chamber Arts Series
Ames Piano quartet
Ames Piano Quartet
Thursday, September 27, 2007
The Ames Piano Quartet, the resident chamber ensemble at Iowa State University, holds a special position in the chamber music field as one of the few piano quartets in the world. The combination of lush string sound blended with the orchestral quality of the piano, produces an exquisite and rare sonority. The Washington Post aptly described it as “one of the most heavenly combinations of instruments in the world.” The ensemble has toured extensively in the United States and abroad. Most recently the quartet spent a week giving concerts and teaching in Havana, Cuba, as the first American chamber music group to perform there in more than 40 years.