{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} thumb|Arianna String Quartet in 2014 The '''Arianna String Quartet''' is an American string quartet that has been in residence at the University of Missouri–St. Louis since 2000. Formed in 1992, the quartet's current members are John McGrosso, Corinne Stillwell, violins; Joanna Mendoza, viola; and Kurt Baldwin, cello.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.umsl.edu/arianna-quartet.html|title=Arianna String Quartet|website=music.umsl.edu|access-date=2019-02-12}}</ref>
In 1994, the quartet won the Grand Prize at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. It has performed throughout the United States, Mexico, Japan, Canada and France.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://source.wustl.edu/2009/04/arianna-string-quartet-to-perform-at-washington-university-april-9/|title=Arianna String Quartet to perform at Washington University April 9 {{!}} The Source {{!}} Washington University in St. Louis|date=2009-04-01|website=The Source|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-12}}</ref> Reviewing a concert given at Music Mountain Summer Chamber Music Festival in 2004, ''The New York Times'' wrote that the quartet "played like the good young group that it is",<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/20/arts/critic-s-notebook-experience-and-youth-sharing-the-summer-air.html|title=CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; Experience and Youth, Sharing the Summer Air|last=Holland|first=Bernard|date=2004-07-20|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-02-12|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and the ''Chicago Tribune'', reviewing a 2000 concert at the Chicago Cultural Center, wrote that the quartet "makes music with the tonal warmth, fastidious balance, and heightened communication skills of groups many years its senior."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2000-10-30-0010300142-story.html|title=Chicago is having a veritable Philip Glass...|first=John|last= von Rhein|website=chicagotribune.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-12}}</ref>
The Arianna String Quartet has a long-term contract with Centaur Records and has also recorded for Albany Records and Urtext Digital Classics. For Centaur Records, the quartet has recorded Janáček's two quartets, Mozart's horn quintet (K. 407), G-minor piano quartet, and clarinet quintet, and Beethoven's early, middle, and late quartets. Reviewing the quartet's recording of Beethoven's quartets Opp. 59, 74, and 95, Jerry Dubins of ''Fanfare'' wrote: "I am prepared to state and defend my belief that these may just be the greatest performances of Beethoven's middle quartets in recorded history."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ariannaquartet.com/fanfare-review.html|title=FANFARE REVIEW|website=www.ariannaquartet.com|access-date=2019-02-12}}</ref>
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Category:American string quartets Category:Musical groups established in 1992 Category:Centaur Records artists Category:Albany Records artists