Brooklyn Rider

On our way to a venue near you!

Looking forward to upcoming shows and projects! A lot coming down the pipeline, but wanted to let you all know about a couple of highlights for us:

On May 10, we head to our nation’s capital to play our project Citizenship Notes at the

In June, we head to Europe, playing for some new audiences in the Czech Republic at .moraviae, but also returning to two of our favorite places- in Leverkusen, and in London!

Over the summer we’re also excited to return to our favorite haunts, among them and

We hope to see you somewhere along the way!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our dearest JOHNNY!!! 🎉🎉🎉


From all of us here on the Internet, wishing you a love- and music-filled day!! Everyone drop a like and comment!👇

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So many great world premieres happening this week across our great nation! It’s hard work, the business of creation (so much easier to destroy, amirite?) but we are lucky and proud to count ourselves among the cohort that believes in the transformational power of art and music.

Hope to see some of you in Houston this week for the world premiere of Frida’s Dreams, by the inimitable Gabriela Lena Frank, presented by Da Camera of Houston

Best Bets: February 16th - February 22nd - Cultural Attaché Cultural Attaché's Best Bets: February 16th - February 22nd features three world premieres, Amadeus and Beethoven

Happy birthday to the one and only ! We love you lots ❤️

Still flying high from the thrill of last week’s concert, where in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of our country we performed “Citizenship Notes”, a program featuring music from the time of the nascent modern democracies by Franz Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven, some new commissions reflecting the complications of today’s complex world by Don Byron, Angélica Negrón , and Ted Hearne , as well as a re-imagining of the seminal protest song of Bob Dylan, The Times They Are A-Changin’, arranged by our very own Colin Jacobsen!

Be sure to catch this program sometime this anniversary year, looking ahead to performing it in Washington D.C. in May at the , among other places!

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NYC do you have your tickets?

Thrilled to be returning to on Thursday, January 29, to present Citizenship Notes, a program positing the string quartet as microcosm of a radical democracy: four individual voices in a flattened hierarchy, unified in spirit to create something lasting and greater than the sum of its parts.

Music by Franz Joseph Haydn, Don Byron, Angélica Negrón, Ted Hearne, Colin Jacobsen (after Bob Dylan), and Ludwig van Beethoven.

Hope to see you there!!!

Thank you The Strad for this write-up of last weekend’s festivities in Santa Fe!! We are headed to Europe this weekend, and have a few more concerts here and there before we return to Santa Fe next month! Check our website for all dates!!

Citizenship Notes: Brooklyn Rider at Santa Fe Pro Musica Richard Linnett reports back from Brooklyn Rider's performance on Sunday 11 January, with a programme that explored 'questions of citizenship and the demands of democracy'

Excited to head across the pond next week for a short trip, including our DEBUT in FRANCE at on Friday, January 16!

Also thrilled to be visiting in Germany, and returning to our dear friends in Florence at the aptly named !!

À très bientôt! Bis bald!! Ci vediamo prestissimo!!!

2025 marked 20 years of playing together as a quartet. We celebrated in many ways, looking towards both the past and future, but in keeping with the holiday spirit, we just want to say that we are so grateful and recognize that the here and now is truly a gift.🎁

Thank you so much to all of you, part of the extended Brooklyn Rider family, contributing every day to building the lore and imprinting upon our hearts.

This photo dump is a non-exhaustive summary of some of the unforgettable memories over the past 12 months, and we wish everyone a joyful, music-filled, happy and healthy New Year!!🎉🎉🎉

1: Brooklyn Rider rehearsal retreat (can you name the piece?)
2: Friends in Europe!
3: More friends in Europe!
4: Spa day in Bavaria
5: We released an album this year!
6: We played a string quartet retrospective at The Met Cloisters!
7: Friends at WNYC!
8: Summer on Lake Superior!
9: Summer in the Rocky Mountains!
10: SUMMER IN THE CITY!!!
11: We played at Tanglewood with our mentor, hero, and friend
12: More cello quintets at
13-14: The magical art sanctuary in Montana .rise
15: Another Eurotrip, this time at the Berlin Philharmonie!
16: The incredible
17-19: Australian sunsets, new and old friends, memories for a lifetime

Who’s looking forward to 2026?🙋‍♀️ Cautiously optimistic?🙋‍♂️ Reluctantly being dragged irrevocably into the future, kicking and screaming?💁

Well, in any case we hope to see you on our travels!

Some places we’ll be, early next year:
Paris, France🥐
Erlangen, Germany🍺
Florence, Italy🥩
Carnegie Hall, New York🗽
Tulsa, Oklahoma🦬
Santa Fe, New Mexico(2x!)🌶️
Sanibel, Florida🐊
Houston, Texas🤠
Urbana, Illinois🎓

Check out our tour schedule at brooklynrider.com/tour

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Just reminiscing on some summer memories as we head into the next few cooler months🥶❄️

What’s everyone eating for Thanksgiving?

Been home for a week, but missing our wonderful time in Australia already, especially the thrill of performing at the Melbourne Recital Centre!! Check out this write-up:

Brooklyn Rider: Citizenship Notes There was no shortage of competitive riders in Melbourne during Cup Week, but the visiting string quartet, Brooklyn Rider, was a clear winner. For this performance, the audience was seated around the players on the Elisabeth Murdoch Hall stage. Chamber music is inherently an intimate affair, convers...