Internationally recognized as one of the world’s finest quartets, the American String Quartet has spent the last five decades honing the luxurious sound for which it is famous. The group’s presentations of the complete quartets of Beethoven, Schubert, Schoenberg, Bartók, and Mozart have won widespread critical acclaim. Stefan Schilling was principal clarinetist at the Staatstheater Darmstadt before he took the same position in the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks in 1993. An avid chamber musician, he performs with musicians such as Lars Vogt, Mitsuko Uchida, and the Leipziger Streichquartett.

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