Banff International String Quartet Competition Winner makes Calgary debut with Honens Laureate, Anastasia Vorotnaya
Lauded for their “palpable chemistry and remarkable warmth” (San Francisco Classical Voice), the Poiesis Quartet is the First Prize and Commission Prize winners of the 2025 Banff International String Quartet Competition. In 2023, they were named the Grand Prize and Lift Every Voice Prize winners of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, as well as Gold Medal and BIPOC Prize winners at the 2023 St. Paul String Quartet Competition. In May 2024, Poiesis joined the Concert Artists Guild roster for North American management as winners of the Louis and Susan Meisel Competition. The Quartet is joined by 2005 Honens Laureate, Anastasia Vorotnaya.
Sunday, November 22, 2026 – 7:00 PM
Monday, November 23, 2026 – 7:30 PM
Individual tickets will be available for sale after August 15, 2026.
Join us for an optional pre-concert talk in the Rozsa Centre’s CIBC Hub Room 45 minutes before the start of each performance. Stay after for a post-concert reception with the evening’s musicians in the Rozsa Centre Lobby.
Program
Zola Saadi-Klein: bolbol: āb garm o seylāb
Daniel Lasagna: Circus of the Mind
Maya Irizarry Lambright: forest of taldeni
Max Lang: commonplace little perils
Calvin Ray Shawler: Order
Dohnányi: Piano Quintet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 1
Poiesis Quartet Members
Sarah Ying Ma, violin
Max Ball, violin
Jasper de Boor, viola
Drew Dansby, cello
Concert Sponsor
Lisa Higham & Alan Covington
Concert Co-Sponsors
Anonymous
Photo Credit: Eden Davis