Hailed as "one of the most exciting young string quartets in America" (The Washington Post) the Avalon String Quartet (cellist Cheng-Hou Lee, violinists Blase Magniere and Marie Wang and violist Anthony Devroye), was formed in 1995 at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival

Isaac Stern invited the Quartet to perform in the Isaac Stern Chamber Music Encounters in Jerusalem and in March 2000 they presented their Carnegie Hall debut.

The quartet won First Prize, the Channel Classics Prize, and the 1999 Concert Artists Guild Competition.  In 2000 the quartet won top prize at the ARD Competition in Munich, Germany.

The quartet is in residence at Northern Illinois University, a position formerly occupied by the distinguished Vermeer Quartet.  Dedicated educators, the Avalons have taught at the Interlochen Quartet Institute, the Green Lake Music Camp in Wisconsin, the Britten-Pears School in England and the Juilliard School.

The Quartet’s live performances and conversation have been featured on, National Public Radio's Performance Today, Canada's CBC, Australia's ABC and France Musique.

Avalon String Quartet

Chamber Music Society Fairfield appearances:

06-07-2009 Vienna by Starlight with Red Cedar Chamber Music

04-09-2010 A Dvorák Sighting with Red Cedar Chamber Music