Inaugural UATX Chamber Music Concert
Featuring the First Public Performance on
UATX’S NEW MODEL D STEINWAY
Join us on the evening of November 5, 2026
at the University of Austin
101 W. 6th Street, Austin, TX 78701
6:30 - 7:15 PM | Reception
Heavy hors d’oeuvres & drinks
7:15 - 9:00 PM | Concert
Featuring an intermission
The acclaimed Miró Quartet, quartet in residence at the Butler School of Music since 2003, opens the program with Schubert's Quartettsatz and Beethoven's String Quartet in F major, Op. 135. Following intermission, pianist Anton Nel joins the quartet for Dvořák's Piano Quintet.
The Miró Quartet
The Miró Quartet is one of America’s most celebrated string quartets, praised as "furiously committed" by The New Yorker and recognized for its "exceptional tonal focus and interpretive intensity" by the Cleveland Plain Dealer. For nearly 30 years, the GRAMMY®-nominated quartet has performed on the world’s most prestigious concert stages, earning accolades from critics and audiences alike. Based in Austin, TX, the Miró takes pride in finding new ways to communicate with audiences of all backgrounds while cultivating the longstanding tradition of chamber music.
The Miró Quartet was nominated for a 2025 GRAMMY® Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance for its album Home, featuring works by Kevin Puts, Caroline Shaw, George Walker, and Samuel Barber. The quartet was also nominated for a 2024 GRAMMY® Award for Best Choral Performance for House of Belonging, created in collaboration with Austin-based choral group Conspirare. Formed in 1995, the Miró Quartet has won first prize at several national and international competitions, including the Banff International String Quartet Competition and the Naumburg Chamber Music Competition. Since 2003, the Quartet has served as quartet-in-residence at the University of Texas at Austin Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music.