FOCM Presents: Poiesis Quartet

Celebrated for their “multifaceted artistry” and “brilliantly idiomatic” programming (New York Times), the Poiesis Quartet is the winner of the 2026 Cleveland Quartet Award and the First Prize and Commission Prize recipients of the 2025 Banff International String Quartet Competition. Derived from ancient Greek (ποιεῖν), the word Poiesis means “to make”; specifically, to create something that has never existed before. With a focus on expanding the string quartet repertoire with vibrant new works by emerging composers, the Poiesis Quartet infuses each performance with unique moments of synchronicity and verve. The Poiesis Quartet is currently the Graduate Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) studying under the Ariel Quartet.
Scheduled Program:
Max Lang, commonplace little perils (2026)
Maya Irizarry Lambright, forest of taldeni (2026)
Michi Wiancko, To Unpathed Waters, Undreamed Shores (2021)
Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate, Pisachi (Reveal) (2013)
Maurice Ravel, String Quartet in F major (1904)