Quartet IntegraQuartet Integra

　Described as having “an enormous wealth of colors… and sparkling rhythms” (All News Press), Quartet Integra is quickly developing a reputation of international prestige. In 2022, the quartet won Second Prize and the coveted Audience Award at the 2022 ARD International Music Competition, First Prize at the 2021 Bartók World Competition, and First Prize along with the Beethoven Prize and the Grand Prix Award at the 2019 Akiyoshidai Music Competition. Additionally, Quartet Integra has received the Banca Monte dei Paschi Prize in the 2021 Accademia Musicale Chigiana, the Kirishima International Music Festival Prize and Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi Music Director Prize in the 2021 Kirishima International Music Festival.

　Recent and upcoming performances in North America include recitals at the Schneider Concert Series at the New School, Green Shoots Initiative at the Kennedy Center, Discovery Series at the La Jolla Music Society, Artist Series at the University of Boulder, ECHO Chamber Music Series, Nevada Chamber Music Festival, Santa Ynez Valley Series, and performances in Thayer and Zipper Halls at the Colburn School.

　Appearances in Europe include the Alte Oper Frankfurt and many other venues in Bad Tölz, Wiesloch, Florence, Siena, and Naples. Having already performed in numerous venues in Japan, they also give recitals annually at Toppan Hall and Oji Hall. In May 2025, they will launch a six year Beethoven series at Dai-ichi Seimei Hall, Philia Hall, Munetsugu Hall, and Wakita Cordia Hall.

　Quartet Integra has performed and worked with artists including Augustin Hadelich, Noah Bendix-Balgley, Kazuhide Isomura, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Inon Barnatan, Fabio Bidini, Shigeo Neriki, Orion Weiss, and the Calidore String Quartet. They have participated in coachings and master classes with Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Peter Oundjian, Milena Pajaro-Van de Stadt, Jean-Guihen Queyras, and the Jerusalem, Henschel, Atrium, Voce, and Shanghai String Quartets.

　An active festival participant, Quartet Integra was invited by Günter Pichler (formerly of the Alban Berg Quartet) to attend the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena on a scholarship and have attended festivals such as Crans Montana Classics, Toyama Chamber Music Festival, and Kirishima International Music Festival. Since 2023, they have been regularly invited as artists to the Takefu International Music Festival.

　Committed to contemporary works, Quartet Integra has commissioned many new works from Japanese composers and has given over a dozen world premieres.

　Quartet Integra, consisting of first violinist Kyoka Misawa, second violinist Rintaro Kikuno, violist Itsuki Yamamoto, and cellist Ye Un Park, formed in 2015 and began their studies with Kazuhide Isomura and Nobuko Yamazaki at Toho Gakuen School of Music, continuing their academic work as a quartet as fellows at the Suntory Hall Chamber Music Academy. Currently serving as the Chamber Ensemble-in-Residence at the Colburn School, they study with Martin Beaver, Jonathan Brown, and Clive Greensmith.

　Quartet Integra is supported by grant funding from the Matsuo Foundation and is on the roster of Japan Arts and Colburn Artists.

(March 2025)

　Described as having “an enormous wealth of colors… and sparkling rhythms” (All News Press), Quartet Integra is quickly developing a reputation of international prestige. In 2022, the quartet won Second Prize and the coveted Audience Award at the 2022 ARD International Music Competition, First Prize at the 2021 Bartók World Competition, and First Prize along with the Beethoven Prize and the Grand Prix Award at the 2019 Akiyoshidai Music Competition.

　Quartet Integra has performed in numerous venues throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan, and have collaborated with artists including Augustin Hadelich, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Fabio Bidini, Shigeo Neriki, and the Calidore String Quartet.

　Consisting of first violinist Kyoka Misawa, second violinist Rintaro Kikuno, violist Itsuki Yamamoto, and cellist Ye Un Park, Quartet Integra formed in 2015 and began their studies with Kazuhide Isomura and Nobuko Yamazaki at the Toho Gakuen School of Music, continuing their academic work as a quartet as fellows at the Suntory Hall Chamber Music Academy. Currently serving as the Chamber Ensemble-in-Residence at the Colburn School, they study with Martin Beaver, Jonathan Brown, and Clive Greensmith.

　Quartet Integra is supported by grant funding from the Matsuo Foundation and is on the roster of Japan Arts and Colburn Artists.

(March 2025)