STRING QUARTET EST. 2010

SKYROS QUARTET are musical storytellers

Skyros Quartet bring a bright and inventive style to the performance stage. Located in the Seattle area, they can be seen performing, teaching, and leading community events as well as touring nationally and internationally. Skyros Quartet is the Artistic Director for educational nonprofit Chamber Music Guild, and founders of nonprofit Constellation Creatives which is dedicated to musical storytelling. In addition to their work in the Pacific Northwest, Skyros has concertized across the US, Canada, and China.

Skyros Quartet is excited to welcome new cellist:

Tim Pizzichemi

Tim is an avid performer and instructor residing in Seattle, Washington. His depth of artistry, mettle, and skill through the medium of the cello has allotted him the honor of being among the current and future sculptors of the musical scene in the Pacific Northwest.

Mr. Pizzichemi began his studies at the age of five in his hometown of Seattle. The vibrant musical community of the city kindled and spurred Tim’s formation as an artist and instrumentalist, which propelled him on to receive several honors at the University of Texas at Austin, Butler School of Music, under the tutelage of world renowned cellist Bion Tsang. Members of the Miró Quartet also nurtured his development in the fine intricacies of chamber music. His graduate work then brought him to Southern Methodist University under full scholarship, where Tim studied further with internationally acclaimed cellist, Andrés Díaz. Members of the Escher Quartet were also key guides in Tim’s refinement with the art of chamber music. Cellists and pedagogues Barbara Balatero and Rajan Krishnaswami are also considerable influences in Mr. Pizzichemi’s musical and technical upbringing.

Tim has performed across the country, from Seattle to Los Angeles, Dallas to Minneapolis, and Washington D.C. to Chicago. He has performed with orchestras in Texas and Washington state, and across the nation. He continues his musical journey with the Skyros Quartet and a private studio that has developed cellists who have gone on to state level competitions, won concerto competitions, and soloed with orchestras. 

New Recording Project

Mother

The Skyros Quartet embarks on a project recording the complete cycle of six quartets by Maddalena Lombardini (1745-1818). Skyros will weave a narrative of her life and how her seminal, important and overlooked contribution to the string quartet genre makes her the mother of the string quartet.