String quartet

A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string instruments—usually two violins, a viola and cello—or a piece written to be performed by such a group.

String quartets (ensembles)

For the purposes of performance, groups of string players sometimes group together to make ad hoc string quartets. Other groups continue playing together for many years, sometimes changing their members but retaining their name. Well known string quartets include:

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• Aeolian Quartet
• Alban Berg Quartet
• Alberni Quartet
• Allegri Quartet
• Amadeus Quartet
• Amati Quartet
• Arditti Quartet
• Australian String Quartet
• Aviv String Quartet
• Balanescu Quartet
• Belcea Quartet
• Bond (band)
• Borodin Quartet
• Brandis Quartet
• Brentano Quartet
• Brodsky Quartet
• Budapest Quartet
• Busch Quartet
• Carmine Quartet
• Claring Chamber Players
• Cleveland Quartet
• Chilingirian Quartet
• Colorado Quartet
• Corvinus Quartet
• Covington Quartet
• Coull Quartet
• Da Vinci Quartet
• Delme Quartet
• Del Sol Quartet
• Duke Quartet
• Endellion Quartet
• Emerson String Quartet
• Festetics String Quartet
• Fitzwilliam Quartet
• Gabrieli Quartet
• Griller Quartet
• Guarneri Quartet
• Hagen Quartet
• Hollywood Quartet
• Hungarian Quartet
• Italian Quartet
• Juilliard String Quartet
• Kodály Quartet
• Kopelman Quartet
• Kronos Quartet
• Lindsay Quartet
• Melos Quartet
• Orford Quartet
• Orlando Quartet
• Peterson Quartet
• Prague Quartet
• Quartet-X
• Quatuor Mosaïques
• Rosamunde Quartett
• Salomon Quartet
• Shanghai String Quartet
• Silesian String Quartet
• Smetana Quartet
• Skampa Quartet
• Smith Quartet
• Takács Quartet
• Talich Quartet
• Tchaikovski Quartet
• Tokyo String Quartet
• Vegh Quartet
• Vermeer Quartet
• Vertavo String Quartet
• Ysaÿe Quartet
• Zagreb Quartet
• Zorian Quartet