Apr 21, 2026 5:00 pm

Ruth Widder String Quartet Competition Winners’ Concert

APR 21 | TUES
5 PM

Ruth Widder String Quartet
Competition Winners’ Concert

FIRST PLACE
Koshiro Takeuchi (BM ’28), violin
Po Hsuan Chiang (MM ’25, PPD ’27), violin
Hayley Lau (BM ’27), viola
Kyle Victor (PPD ’26), cello
Coached by Laurie Carney

SECOND PLACE
Kayla Yagi Bacon (MM ’27), violin
Riku Korenaga (MM ’27), violin
Harris Panner (MM ’27), viola
Juewen Zhang (MM ’27), cello
Coached by Peter Winograd

JANÁČEK String Quartet No. 1, The Kreutzer Sonata 
BRAHMS String Quartet No. 2, Op. 51 No. 2
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 14, Op. 131

Free, no tickets required 

Greenfield Hall
Manhattan School of Music 
130 Claremont Avenue
New York, New York 10027

This competition and winners’ concert are made possible by the generosity of the Widder Foundation. 

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