The Mivos Quartet, “One of America’s most daring and ferocious new-music ensembles” (The Chicago Reader), celebrates their newest album release on Sideband Records featuring four recently commissioned works by Ambrose Akinmusire, Michaela Catranis, George Lewis, and Jeffrey Mumford. For over 15 years Mivos has championed extraordinary and diverse new music to audiences around the world; these four works are a testament to the breadth and depth of contemporary string quartet writing. Each piece was written for the quartet, and the album is the first commercially available recording of each work.

Mivos Quartet
Olivia De Prato violin
William Overcash violin
Victor Lowrie Tafoya viola
Nathan Watts cello

The Mivos Quartet is devoted to performing works of contemporary composers and presenting diverse new music to international audiences. The quartet, founded in 2008, commissions and premieres new repertoire for string quartet, and is dedicated to creative collaborations with a wide variety of artists. Mivos maintains an active international performance schedule, with regular appearances as ensemble-in-residence at summer festivals. Mivos takes part in many educational residencies at universities and summer festivals, working with young performers and composers to develop their craft, technical skis and artistic expression. The quartet also runs two composition prizes to help discover and promote emerging composers in the US and abroad. Beyond these activities, Mivos collaborates regularly with guest artists, presents multimedia projects, and performs improvised music.