Afiara String Quartet

Valerie Li, violin ~ Yuri Cho, violin ~ David Samuel, viola ~ Adrian Fung, cello
                   

Afiara String Quartet
Photo credit: Frank Wang
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"Quicksilver and delicate...electric and filled with sentiment…"
~ San Jose Mercury News

"A revelation...their performance individually and collectively, their musicality and maturity...placed the Afiara amongst the best of current quartets…"
~ La Presse

WQXR's Beethoven String Quartet Marathon, which took place in The Greene Space on Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012, features the Afiara String Quartet.
  Afiara @ Beethoven String Quartet Marathon - No. 1 in F major, Op. 18

Enjoy this short film about the Afiara String Quartet's residency work at the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto.
  Afiara String Quartet in Residency

The Afiara playing the first movement of Haydn's Op.76, No.5 at Indiana University in July 2010.
  Afiara playing 1st movment of Haydn’s Op. 76, No. 5

The Afiara playing the first movement of Beethoven String Quartet Op. 59, No.1 at Indiana University in July 2010.
  Afiara playing 1st movement of Beethoven Op. 59, No.1

Afiara members discuss their rehearsal process, music analysis, educational outreach and programming, in a 2010 Brazilian TV interview.
  The Afiara discuss programming and analytical processes and educational outreach.

In these videos, the Afiara play movements from Mendelssohn's String Quartet Op. 44, No. 1
  Menuetto: Un poco allegretto: Mendelssohn String Quartet Op. 44

  Presto con brio, Mendelssohn String Quartet, Op. 44, No. 1

A sampler video offering of the Afiara in various live performances.
  Afiara Sampler Video