about us Originally founded in September 2008 among 12 friends and colleagues at Columbia University, fourbythree is an ensemble of rising musicians dedicated to bridging the gap between traditional repertoire, contemporary music, and works by emerging composers. With the intent of introducing audiences to both new and familiar sounds we hope to offer thoughtfully curated programs, tracing the common thread between musical works in a way that is as illuminating and engrossing for our listeners as it is for us. Many of fourbythree's musicians are rising artists in their own right – our members have appeared alongside respected performers and conductors, as soloists and chamber musicians in music festivals and halls across the world. Collectively, fourbythree is a cooperative in which we experiment within the dynamics of an independent, mostly unconducted chamber ensemble. Our musicians contribute to all aspects of the group, from repertoire and rehearsal planning to business operations. With a series of diverse and exciting repertoire – ranging from Perotin chants to Schoenberg, Ligeti, and world premieres by Jiří Kadeřábek, Ryan Beppel and Alex Klein – fourbythree has performed in an array of contexts. The 2010-2011 season included an outreach program at the Turtle Bay Music School, a lecture-concert at Columbia University's Miller Theatre, and collaborations with ensembles Contemporaneous and Brattle Street Chamber Players in Manhattan and Cambridge. Most recently fourbythree began its 2011-2012 season in collaboration with the Argento New Music Ensemble, performing new chamber orchestrations of Leoš Janáček's Prelude From the House of the Dead and Gustav Mahler's Adagio from his unfinished Symphony No. 10.
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