Artist Detailed Info: Del Sol String Quartet

The San Francisco- based Del Sol String Quartet was founded in 1993 by Charlton Lee, then employed as a physics researcher at Fermilab in California. He desired to bring his scientific passion for exploration to a string quartet. The current Del Sol lineup is Lee, Sam Weiser, Kathryn Bates, and Ben Kreith.

The quartet is recognized as a “vigorous champion of living composers." Del Sol has premiered well over 100 works by composers including Terry Riley, Gabriela Lena Frank, Frederic Rzewski, Ben Johnston, Chinary Ung, Mason Bates, Tania León, Erberk Eryilmaz, Theresa Wong, Reza Vali, Mohammed Fairouz and Peter Sculthorpe[/artist/].

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