Calidore String Quartet

After receiving some of the most prestigious awards in the chamber music field, the Calidore Quartet was signed to the Signum Classics label. The quartet has premiered new works from a range of major composers but also performs mainstream repertory. The Calidore String Quartet was formed at the Colburn Conservatory of Music, at the Colburn School in Los Angeles, in 2010. Its first recording, featuring quartets by Haydn and Mendelssohn, appeared on the Colburn School's own label. The group's name combines "Cali-," for California, and "doré," golden, referring to California's n...