2025 Performance

HIMA USA’s new Saga String Quartet Institute presents The Poiesis Quartet, in a program of works by Beethoven, Brahms, Nabors, Hisaishi, and Lau. The Poiesis Quartet performs at Lakeside Chautauqua’s Hoover Auditorium on Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at 7:30 pm amidst five days of intensive training with artistic director Sibbi Bernhardsson in preparation for the 2025 Banff International String Quartet Competition.

  • Wednesday, August 13, 7:30 p.m. Chamber Music Concert

    Location: Hoover Auditorium, Lakeside Chautauqua

    Performers:

    The Poieses Quartet

    Sarah Ma, violin

    Max Ball, violin

    Jasper de Boor, viola

    Drew Dansby, cello

    String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59, Razumovsky, No. 3, "Eroica" by  Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)  

    String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat major, Op. 67 by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) 

    String Quartet (2024) by Brian Raphael Nabors, (b. 1991)

    String Quartet No. 1 (2014) by Joe Hisaishi / 久石 譲 (b. 1950)

       II. Phosphorescent Sea                                                           

    String Quartet No. 7 (2024), Kevin Lau (b. 1982)  Commissioned by the Poiesis Quartet

    More info on the Lakeside Chautauqua website.

All performances will take place at Lakeside Chautauqua in Ohio. A Chautauqua pass and auto pass (for vehicles) are required for entry into the Lakeside Chautauqua campus. Learn more about purchasing Chautauqua passes. Aside from the Chautauqua passes, no additional tickets are required to attend HIMA concerts.

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