The Parker Quartet cultivates a rigorous sound that has taken the group to important international venues and led to a variety of collaborations with both traditional and contemporary artists. The group's work has a strong educational component, and it has held various residencies, including a long-running stint as artists-in-residence at Harvard University.
The Parker Quartet was founded in Boston in 2002 and named after the Omni Parker House hotel there. The members -- violinists Daniel Chong and Ken Hamao, violist Jessica Bodner, and cellist Kee-Hyun Kim -- were graduates ...