Now in their second decade as a quartet, the Ying Quartet (Janet Ying and Timothy Ying - violins, Phillip Ying - viola, David Ying - cello) has established itself as an ensemble of the highest musical qualifications in its tours across the United States and abroad. The Quartet performs in the world’s most important concert halls, from Carnegie Hall to the Sydney Opera House. Its 2007 Telarc release of the three Tchaikovsky Quartets and the Souvenir de Florence (with James Dunham and Paul Katz) was nominated for a Grammy^® Award in the Best Chamber Music Performance category. A collaboration with the Turtle Island Quartet, Four + 4 won a Grammy^® Award in 2005.

The Ying Quartet is known for its diverse and unusual performance projects. For several years the Quartet presented the series No Boundaries at Symphony Space in New York City. The objective was to re-imagine the concert experience by including collaborations with actors, dancers, electronics, a host of non-classical musicians, a magician and even a Chinese noodle chef. The Quartet also worked with composer Tod Machover and the MIT media lab in the use of Hyperscore, an innovative musical composition software.

During the summers, the Ying Quartet’s activity is primarily centered at music festivals. They are presently ensemble-in-residence at the Aspen Music Festival and have performed at Tanglewood, Ravinia, Caramoor, Interlochen and many others. As quartet-in-residence at the Eastman School of Music, the Ying Quartet both teaches in the string department and leads a rigorous, sequentially designed chamber music program. Alumni of the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, the Quartet had its training with members of the Cleveland, Tokyo, Emerson and Juilliard String quartets, as well as with violist Eugene Lehner. The four siblings of the Ying Quartet make their home in Rochester, New York.