Guest Ensembles

Neave Piano Trio

Since forming in 2010, GRAMMY®–nominated Neave Trio – violinist Anna Williams, cellist Mikhail Veselov, and pianist Eri Nakamura – has earned enormous praise for its engaging, cutting edge performances. Gramophone has praised the trio's "taut and vivid interpretations," while The Strad calls out their "eloquent phrasing and deft control of textures" and BBC Music Magazine describes their performances as balancing "passion with sensitivity and grace."

In 2023, the Neave Trio premiered Robert Paterson’s Triple Concerto with the Mostly Modern Orchestra under the direction of JoAnn Falletta, a recording which was featured on the classical radio show Performance Today hosted by Fred Childs.

The Neave Trio will give the European premiere of Paterson’s Triple Concerto on April 26th and April 28th, 2024 as well as world premieres by Dutch composers and composers from across the globe.

Dior String Quartet

Joined together from Israel, Korea-Canada, Saint Lucia, and the USA, the Dior String Quartet is the Quartet-in-Residence at the Glenn Gould School, Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.

Dior Qaurtet are the winners of the 2023 Victor Elmaleh US Concert Artists Guild, Silver prize winners of the 2021 Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition and Bronze Medalists of the 2019 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. They formed in Fall 2018 at the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University under the tutelage of Pacifica Quartet. They studied with members of the Alban Berg, St. Lawrence, Danish, Artemis, Ébene, and Belcea Quartets.

The quartet made their debut with the Schneider Concert Series In January 2021 and were quarter-finalists in the 2021 Bartok World Competition in Budapest.

The quartet takes their name from the French word “D’or” which means gold. It's a rare, elegant, and malleable element, precious to those who own it and often gifted to loved ones. Most importantly, gold holds the memory of the earth and absorbs the stories of the people who give it shape and form.