Made up of established chamber musicians who reunited after a long separation, QuartetES brings a diverse and engaging presence to the concert stage. Since 2017 they have been in residence at Point CounterPoint Chamber Music in Vermont. In 2019 they were the Quartet-in-Residence at the Harpa International Music Academy in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Artist Bios:

Since giving his Carnegie Hall concerto debut in 1992, American violinist ANTON MILLER has appeared throughout the world as a soloist, chamber musician, recitalist, and pedagogue. He has performed over fifty violin concertos with a number of orchestras on four continents. His most recent solo release on Naxos features the Kurt Weill Concerto for Violin and Wind Ensemble.

Anton is on the violin and chamber music faculty at the Hartt School, and has been on the faculty of New York University, Oberlin Conservatory, Lawrence University, and Swarthmore College. He and his wife Rita Porfiris are the members of the acclaimed violin and viola ensemble, Miller-Porfiris Duo. American Record Guide said of the ensemble “You would have to go a long way to hear better duo playing than this.” He also serves as Concertmaster of Lincoln’s Symphony in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Anton completed his MM at The Juilliard School studying with Dorothy DeLay and chamber music with Felix Galimir and members of the Juilliard Quartet. He received his BM from Indiana University as a student of Franco Gulli. www.antonmiller.com

ERTAN TORGUL, violin, balances a busy career of solo, chamber music, and guest concertmaster appearances. He has performed with numerous orchestras including Indianapolis, Sacramento, Phoenix, Tucson, Dallas Opera, Shreveport, and San Antonio, among many others. From 1996- 2012, Mr. Torgul served as Associate and Acting Concertmaster of the San Antonio Symphony. Mr. Torgul has been a member of SOLI Chamber Ensemble since 1996 and has been serving as its Managing/Artistic Director since 2011. In 2013 SOLI was awarded the Chamber Music America/ASCAP Adventurous Programming Award for its innovative programming.

Mr. Torgul is also a founding member of both the acclaimed SUONO Duo with pianist Aileen Chanco and “Quinteto Quilombo”, a Tango Quintet specializing in “Tango Nuevo”. A former member of the Plymouth String Quartet, he received the Prix Mercure and prizes in the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and the Paolo Borciani String Quartet Competition. His summer engagements include Mainly Mozart Festival in California, Point Counterpoint in Vermont, and Sun Valley Summer Symphony in Idaho. He has recently joined the faculty of University of California Santa Barbara as a Lecturer in Violin.

Praised by “USA Today” for her “richness of tone and impeccable articulation and for the warmth and subtlety of her phrasing” violist RITA PORFIRIS has performed in major concert halls across the globe as a chamber musician, orchestral musician, and soloist.

Currently Associate Professor of Viola and Chair of Chamber Music at The Hartt School, she has also been on faculty at New York University, University of Houston Moores’ School of Music, Florida International University, and the Harlem School for the Arts in New York. She has received Austria’s Prix Mercure, was a prize winner in the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition and the Primrose International Viola Competition, and a laureate of the Paolo Borciani International Quartet Competition as a member of the Plymouth String Quartet. Ms. Porfiris is a member of the Miller-Porfiris Duo with which she has released 4 CDs which have received critical acclaim.

In her previous career as an orchestral musician, 15 years of which were spent with the Houston Symphony, she worked under some of the most recognized conductors of the 20-21 Centuries: Leonard Bernstein, Sergiu Celibidache, Kurt Masur, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Christoph Eschenbach.

Ms. Porfiris received her BM and MM in Viola Performance from The Juilliard School, studying with William Lincer. Other teachers and mentors included Paul Doktor, Norbert Brainin, and Harvey Shapiro. www.ritaporfiris.com

A graduate of The Juilliard School and a Fulbright Scholar, cellist JENNIFER KLOETZEL has concertized throughout the United States, Europe and Asia as a soloist and chamber musician. A founding member of the San Francisco-based Cypress String Quartet, Ms. Kloetzel is noted for her elegant playing and her vibrant tone. In the past few seasons, she performed the world premiere of a Cello Suite by Daniel Asia and a Cello Concerto, “Cloud Atlas” and unaccompanied cello work “Lift”, that were both written for her by MIT composer Elena Ruehr.

Ms. Kloetzel has been featured numerous times on National Public Radio’s “Performance Today” and her performances have been broadcast on radio stations from coast to coast. A frequent guest soloist with orchestras, she has received the Copland Award for championing living American Composers and has commissioned and premiered nearly forty works, including five concertos written specifically for her. Ms. Kloetzel has recorded 25 CDs, including the entire cycle of Beethoven Quartets and the Brahms Sextets on the Avie label. In September 2016, Ms. Kloetzel was invited to join the faculty at University of California, Santa Barbara, where she teaches cello and chamber music. www.jkcello.com