Sanibel Music Festival - Isidore String Quartet

The ISIDORE STRING QUARTET, winners of a 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant and the 14th Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2022, was formed in New York City in 2019 with a vision to revisit, rediscover and reinvigorate the repertory. The Quartet, influenced by the Juilliard String Quartet, adopts the idea of “approaching the established as if it were brand new, and the new as if it were firmly established.” The name “Isidore” recognizes the ensemble’s musical connection to the Juilliard Quartet: one of that group’s early members was legendary violinist Isidore Cohen.

Their 2023-2024 season featured numerous appearances across the United States and Europe. Outside the concert hall, the Isidore Quartet has worked with PROJECT: MUSIC HEALS US providing encouragement, education and healing to marginalized communities — including elderly, disabled, rehabilitating incarcerated and homeless populations — who otherwise have limited access to high-quality live music performance.