Friction Quartet

Friction Quartet seeks to expand the string quartet repertoire and audience for adventurous contemporary music. Their performances have been called “terribly beautiful” (San Francisco Classical Voice) and “stunningly passionate” (Calgary Herald). Since forming in 2011, Friction Quartet has given 70 world premiere performances and commissioned 32 works for string quartet. Recently they gave their Carnegie Hall debut as part of the Kronos Quartet Workshop. They also opened for Kronos Quartet at Z Space in San Francisco as part of Kronos’ “Under 30″ series. Friction is the first Ensemble In Residence at the Center for New Music in San Francisco.

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Pinna Records, founded in 2013 by producer Roger Rohrbach in San Francisco, California, releases new music by contemporary composers. We believe, with Kyle Gann, that "brand-new music can sometimes be joyous, clear, seductive, ingratiating, and/or simple, and still well-worth listening to and exploring."

The pinna is the visible part of the ear. It acts as a funnel, amplifying and directing sound to the auditory canal. Like a fingerprint, it is unique to the individual; similarly, our ears, rather than any specific agenda, guide our decisions about what to record and release.


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