Parker Quartet

The Parker Quartet was founded in 2002 at the New England Conservatory, and enrolled in the Professional String Quartet Program during 2006–2008.[1] They held residencies as Artists-in-Residence at the University of St. Thomas, Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Minnesota, Quartet-in-Residence with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and Artists-in-Residence with Minnesota Public Radio[2] before becoming the current Blodgett Artists-in-Residence at Harvard University's Department of Music as Professors of the Practice,[3] as well as Quartet-in-Residence at the University of South Carolina.[4]

• Daniel Chong, violin 1
• Ken Hamao, violin 2
• Jessica Bodner, viola
• Kee-Hyun Kim, cello

The Parker Quartet have won the Concert Artists Guild Competition in 2005,[5][6] Grand Prix and Mozart Prize at Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition (now the Vibre! Festival) in 2005,[7] and Chamber Music America’s Cleveland Quartet Award in 2009.[8] Their recording of György Ligeti quartets on Naxos Records won a Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance in 2011.[9]

• György Kurtág and Antonín Dvořák" with Kim Kashkashian (2021) ECM Records
• Beethoven: String Quartets op. 18, 59, 74 (2019) Festival Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo
• Mendelssohn: String Quartets op. 44 nos. 1 & 3 (2016) Nimbus Records
• Augusta Read Thomas: Of Being is a Bird (2016) Nimbus Records
• Jeremy Gill: Capriccio (2015) Innova Recordings
• Ligeti: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 (2009) Naxos Records
• Bartók: String Quartets Nos. 2 & 5 (2008) Zig Zag Records