The JACK Quartet, founded in 2005, is a pioneering string quartet dedicated to performing, commissioning, and appreciating 20th and 21st-century string quartet music.
Performer Biography
The JACK Quartet has received numerous accolades, including an Avery Fisher Career Grant, Musical America's 2019 'Ensemble of the Year' Award, and two GRAMMY® Award nominations.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded at the CMC Studio at Columbia University in New York City, with Murat Çolak serving as engineer, producer, and mastering engineer.
Album & Artwork
The album's cover art is based on artwork by Jakob Gasteiger.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Timothy McCormack's music aims to make audible the tactile relationship between a performer and their instrument, creating sonic ecologies that alter the perception of time.
Composer Biography
Timothy McCormack, born in 1984, is the recipient of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation Composers' Prize (2018) and won the Impuls International Composition Competition in 2019.
Performer Biography
Austin Wulliman, a violinist, composer, and educator, is a member of the JACK Quartet and has been praised as a 'gifted, adventuresome violinist' by the Chicago Tribune.
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