Zakarias Grailo, violin
Frederick Lifsitz, violin
Paul Yarbrough, viola
Sandy Wilson, cello

“A formidable ensemble in peak condition.”
LOS ANGELES TIMES

LATEST REVIEWS...


Two reviews on the performance of the complete Shostakovich cycle
for the Baruch Performing Arts Center (5 concerts, April 25 to May 1)

May 3, 2006
“The intimacy of the music came through with enhanced power and poignancy in the Alexander quartet’s vibrant, probing, assured and aptly volatile performances.”
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April 29, 2006
“I was engrossed by the eerie restraint and, when called for, incisive attack of the Alexander’s performances. The first violinist, Zakarias Grafilo, was especially admirable for his focused and penetrating sound.”
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May 3, 2006 (May 2 performance for the Buffalo Chamber Music Society
“The Alexander musicians were so in control of the music’s emotional contours and lurches, and so spiritually attuned to Shostakovich’s message that they seemed not so much to be playing the music as breathing it.”
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April 26, 2006 (April 24 performance for Great Performers at Lincoln Center
“The Alexander players expertly gave the erratic dances of the final missive just the right sense of being offkilter. It is this rhythmic awkwardness that leads to the final thoughts of death, of being out of sync with the universe. This is extremely difficult music to pull off, but the Alexander ensemble rallied for a thrilling conclusion.”
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