Chamber Music Cincinnati: Danish String Quartet

Quick Summary
• The Danish String Quartet, now in its 23rd year, is without a doubt the most in-demand European chamber ensemble in America.
• A twp-time Gramophone Award winner and Musical America’s “Ensemble of the Year.”
• While most European ensembles do one U.S. tour each season, the Danes have been doing as many as four.
• In spring 2024, they drew Cincinnati’s third largest audience for chamber music since the COVID shutdown.
• Now, DSQ members have young children and will only make one trip to the U.S. next season. We are fortunate to have them. Cincinnati will likely be the smallest city on their 2026-27 tour.
• Repertoire TBA. The New York Times calls them “an exceptional quartet, whatever repertory they play.”
• Bottom Line: Hear why three times as many U.S. presenter want them as their tour can accommodate.

Deeper Dive

The Danish String Quartet, now in its 23^rd year, is unquestionably the most in-demand European chamber ensemble in America. While most do one U.S. tour each season, and some only every other year, the Danes have been doing as many as four. In spring 2024, they drew Cincinnati’s third largest audience for chamber music since the COVID shutdown. Only by luck did we learn from their agent at the Chamber Music America conference in January 205 that due to its members having young children, they would only do one U.S. tour next season. (In a tech-driven world, personal relationships still have value.) We booked them on the spot.  Cincinnati will almost certainly be the smallest city in which they appear. If you want to know why the DSQ is in such demand, ask anyone who has heard them live.

CMC Subscriptions: Chamber Music’s Greatest Value

• Our “Early Bird” subscriptions for these six concerts are on sale today on our web site and through the Memorial Hall box office. Only you who are receiving this email know about it, giving you first choice of open seats.
• All available seats will be opened to the general public for subscription purchases on Tuesday, February 24.

• Currents subscribers’ seats will be held until June 1, then released to the general public. The six concert price ― $120 in the Orchestra or Balcony ― is one of the nation’s great chamber music bargains. It’s up to 50% off the single ticket price helping to make our concerts more affordable to everyone.

Please remember this affordability pricing in your giving. Only if you do can we maintain pricing at this level.

We hope you are as excited about next season as we are. This may well be our strongest season ever, so we expect subscriptions to sell fast. Single tickets for remaining seats will go on sale June 1.