San Francisco

"As fine a string quartet sound as can be heard from an American group today."

(Robert Commanday, San Francisco Chronicle, March 30, 1989)

London: Wigmore Hall

"It's rare to hear a string quartet of such manifest maturity and distinctness of personality."

(Max Loppert, Financial Times, March 10, 1989)

Los Angeles

"There was an emphasis on passion - a compelling, unexaggerated, often seemingly impetuous involvement in the music - throughout the program...The Fine Arts' combination of direct emotional connections and seemingly spontaneous--yet unanimous--interpretive inspirations make it a convincing Haydn proponent."

(John Henken, Los Angeles Times, October 10, 1988)  Full review