“How wonderful to hear four young musicians be such good ambassadors for music.”
Yo-Yo Ma, concert cellist
“The La Catrina Quartet surely must be counted among the most promising young string quartets today. Every note the La Catrina plays is infused with energy, every gesture has a purpose and every phrase is meaningful. Their attention to detail and their dedication to classical music is a breath of fresh air.”
Keith Robinson, cellist, the Miami String Quartet.
“I believe the youthful La Catrina Quartet possesses all the elements to become one of the world’s best. In addition, they have that all too rare but essential gift of superb musical intelligence. They are already top-rung.”
George Bell, festival and concert presenter, the San Miguel de Allende Chamber Music Festival.
“They are destined for a brilliant career.”
Chauncey Patterson, violist
“The La Catrina Quartet is the only string quartet formed by Mexicans with real possibilities of reaching excellence and competitiveness in the international arena.”
Javier Montiel, violist, Cuarteto Latinoamericano.
“La Catrina Quartet's infectious performance showcased Revueltas' ingenious balancing act of seemingly diverse elements. With much of Revueltas' music, the composer conveys madness, melancholy and tender lyricism, sometimes simultaneously. La Catrina seemed to know the secret entryway into the heart of Revueltas's musical code.”
Santa Barbara News Press
“Throughout the concert at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, the quartet members maintained stylistic passion, eye contact and physical intensity whether playing classical styles or music based on Mexican dance, entrancing the audience. They managed to go from the intensity of elephants stomping to the lightness of feathers all within a breath.”
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
“La Catrina (String) Quartet from Mexico brings a distinctly new salsa flavor to the genre, spotlighting rhythmic dance-dominated music we’re more used to hearing from mariachi or the Ballet Folklorico. Given several encores, the audience might well have lept up and begun whipping through heel-flashing zapateados in the aisles.”
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