"The prevailing style of chamber music - tidy, meticulous and often boring - doesn’t interest the San Jose String Quartet. This group aims to create a fiery impulsive sound that falls somewhere between the rhythm-driven Kronos Quartet of today and the highly dramatic Budapest String Quartet of a generation ago.”

-San Jose Mercury News

"Robin Mayforth, soloing in both first-half works, continued to display the richness of tone and flexibility of style that make her a valuable addition to the ensemble."

-San Jose Mercury News

"The Andante's welcome tranquillity was ushered in handsomely by principal cellist Peter Gelfand. With warmth and stately calm, the theme seemed to lay out the foundation for all that was to follow in the movement. The music's slow rise out of dreaminess featured finely blended ensemble work by the strings, and the build into the piano's impassioned trill motif was paced terrifically."

-San Jose Metro News