The Dover Quartet, which swept all the prizes at the prestigious Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2013, will make its first Buffalo appearance on April 22 at UB.

The concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall, North Campus, and feature the work of Haydn, Shostakovich and Dvorak.

Considered one of the most talented string quartets ever to emerge at such a young age, the Dover Quartet is comprised of violinists Joel Link and Bryan Lee, violist Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt and cellist Camden Shaw. 

In addition to winning the Grand Prize at Banff, the ensemble took the competition’s three special prizes: the R.S. Williams & Sons Haydn Prize for the best performance of Haydn, the Székely Prize for the best performance of Schubert and the Canadian Commission Prize for the best performance of a newly commissioned work.

The quartet also recently won top prizes at the Fischoff Competition and the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition.

In 2013-14, it became the first ever quartet-in-residence at the venerated Curtis Institute of Music and also served as the Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence at the Caramoor Festival.

Tickets for the UB performance are $15 for the general public; $10 for UB faculty/staff/alumni, seniors and non-UB students, and free for UB students with ID. Tickets may be  purchased in advance at the Center for the Arts box office, online at www.tickets.com and one hour before concert time at the Slee Hall box office.