Juilliard String Quartet

Founded in 1946 as a resident teaching and performing ensemble, the Juilliard String Quartet has established and maintained a reputation as one of the world's great chamber ensembles. The ensemble—consisting of first violinist Joseph Lin (the group's newest member, who was appointed to the position in 2010); second violinist Ronald Copes; violist Samuel Rhodes; and cellist Joel Krosnick-has performed throughout the world in recitals, at music festivals, and with major symphony orchestras as concerto quartet-soloist. In 1961, it became the first American quartet to visit the Soviet Union.

With recordings of virtually the entire string quartet literature, the Juilliard String Quartet's discography is among the most extensive in history. The ensemble has received numerous Grammy awards for its recordings. In the five decades of its association with The Juilliard School, the quartet has trained some of the world's foremost ensembles including the American, Concord, Emerson, LaSalle, Shanghai, St. Lawrence, Tokyo, and Whitman String Quartets.