Tavola Quartet: NEC Honors Ensemble

Each year, an audition committee of professional musicians and faculty selects a few exceptional student ensembles to represent the NEC Honors Ensemble Program. The ensembles work with a faculty coach and are given an opportunity to perform a spring recital in NEC's Jordan Hall.

Hailing from Korea, Australia and the U.S., the Tavola Quartet was formed at NEC in September 2021. Coached by Kim Kashkashian and nominated as a 2021-2022 New England Conservatory Honors Ensemble, the quartet consists of violinists Yebin Yoo and Hannah Chaewon Kim, violist Santiago Vazquez-Loredo, and cellist Claire Deokyong Kim. Their teachers consist of Miriam Fried, Kim Kashkashian, Soovin Kim, Donald Weilerstein, and Laurence Lesser. Individually the members of the Tavola Quartet have performed in numerous of competitions including the Gisborne International Music Competition, Manhattan International Music Competition, Sphinx Competition, Strad Competition, and the Ronald Sachs International Music Competition.

They have also attended esteemed festivals such as Music@Menlo, Yellow Barn, Heifetz, Taos, and more. As advocates for community service and outreach concerts, the Tavola Quartet is excited to perform several concerts in the Boston area and, as a quartet, they look forward to sharing their love and passion for chamber music.

This concert will be in-person and also livestreamed.

Watch livestream from Jordan Hall