Erinys Quartet (Elizabeth Stewart, Violin; Joosep Reimaa, Violin; Marija Räisänen, Viola; Stergios Theodoridis, Cello) and Oskar Espina Ruiz, Clarinet
Lembit BEECHER Juniper and Birch
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART String Quartet in D Minor, K. 421, “Haydn”
Johannes BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Opus 115
The Erinys Quartet, founded in 2018 at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, boasts artistic roots in Estonia, Lithuania, Greece, Finland, and the U.S. They rapidly gained acclaim, winning First Prize at the 2025 Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition and the Audience Prize at the Bad Tölz Competition. Currently, the graduate string quartet-in-residence at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Erinys Quartet holds a diploma in string quartet from the Curtis Institute of Music, where they studied with the Dover Quartet, and they completed a diploma in chamber music at Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid, Spain under the tutelage of Professor Günter Pichler of the Alban Berg Quartet.
For this special performance of the Brahms Clarinet Quintet, the Erinys Quartet will be joined by renowned clarinet soloist and Chamber Music Wilmington artistic director Oskar Espina Ruiz.
“These exceptional young musicians achieve absolute excellence with a classical repertoire of chamber music as well as brilliant modern works.” — Trondheim & Bad Tölz Competition — International Jury Reviews
