Based in New York City, Bergamot Quartet features Ledah Finck and Sarah Thomas on violins; Martine Kinsella Thomas on viola; and Irène Han on cello. The inaugural Graduate String Quartet in Residence at the Mannes School of Music 2020-2022, where they were mentored by the JACK Quartet, Bergamot Quartet is fueled by a passion for exploring and advocating for the music of living composers with creative programming, community-oriented audience building, and frequent commissioning. The quartet is in high demand as interpreters and co-creators of new music, having premiered hundreds of works by students of all ages and developed numerous significant new pieces with composers at the forefront of contemporary concert music. They maintain a full season of concerts ranging from DIY events to appearances at major venues.
Bergamot’s 2025 season includes a concert at National Sawdust celebrating the release of Samuel Torres’ A Dance for Birds composed for Bergamot and Torres’ Latin jazz sextet; residencies with Tulane University, and the Manhattan School of Music; a return to the Raritan River Music Festival; a collaboration with Cantori New York; and a performance at The Village Trip in Greenwich Village.
The quartet has recently launched Project Resonance with composer/performer Dan Trueman, a multi-tiered project which will foster the creation and performance of new works for Bergamot playing a set of hardanger instruments (traditional Scandinavian nine-stringed folk instruments). As educators, Bergamot will serve on faculty this summer at New Music On the Point, Wildflower Composers Festival, and Arts Letters and Numbers Creative Music Intensive. They also operate the monthly concert series Bergamot Quartet Extended as a medium to showcase their many inspiring collaborators and present new work.
September 27 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
The Bergamot Quartet: Three World Premières