Attacca is a true quartet for modern times. Gliding through traditional classical repertoire through to electronic, video game music and contemporary collaborations, they are one of the world's most innovative and respected ensembles.

In 2020, the Attacca Quartet won a Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance for its collaboration with Caroline Shaw on the album Orange. In 2023 the quartet won the same award for recording another Shaw work, Evergreen.

Outside of the US, performances include Kings Place and in Oslo at the Vertavo Haydn Festival as well as performances at Gothenburg Konserthuset, MITO Septembre Festival in Italy, Sociedad Filarmónica de Bilbao, Strijkkwartet Biennale Amsterdam, Strings of Autumn Festival Prague, Thüringer Bachwochen, Sala São Paulo in Brazil, Fundación Beethoven in Chile, National Theatre of Panamá, and Teatro Mayor in Bogota.

In addition to the quartet’s traditional concert stage work, they were the first to collaborate with Billie Eilish and FINNEAS on their recent album and also performed with the duo on Saturday Night Live. As featured Artists, the Attacca Quartet can be heard on the soundtrack of the upcoming Ken Burns Documentary Leonardo da Vinci (soundtrack by Caroline Shaw) and the soundtrack for the film We Grown Now (directed by Minhal Baig and soundtrack by Jay Wadley).

In their 2024-25 season, the Attacca Quartet performs for Carnegie Hall, Nashville’s Chamber Music City, and Richmond’s Belvedere Series, and will lead a residency at Montclair State University. Outside of the US, performances include Vancouver’s Music in the Morning, the Winnipeg Symphony, Norwegian National Opera & Ballet, and La Biennale Di Venezia. The upcoming season also includes commissions by David Lang and Gabriella Ortiz.

The founding members of the Attacca Quartet met while all studying at the Juilliard School in the early 2000s and they made their professional debut at Carnegie Hall in 2003. Other accolades include First Prize at the 7th Osaka International Chamber Music Competition, the Top Prize and Listeners’ Choice award winners for the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, and Grand Prize Winners of the 60th annual Coleman Chamber Ensemble Competition. 

The Attacca Quartet has engaged in extensive educational and community engagement projects, serving as guest artists and teaching fellows at the Lincoln Center Institute, University of Texas, Juilliard School, the Boston University Tanglewood Institute, and Bravo! Vail among others. They are expert programmers and communicators, and beautifully mix existing works with those by living composers.

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