The Attacca Quartet is an American

string quartet The term string quartet refers to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century onwards wrote string quartets. The associated musical ensemble consists of two Violin, violini ...

. It was established in 2003 by Amy Schroeder, first violin, and Andrew Yee, cello, while both were students at the

Juilliard School The Juilliard School ( ) is a Private university, private performing arts music school, conservatory in New York City. Founded by Frank Damrosch as the Institute of Musical Art in 1905, the school later added dance and drama programs and became ...

. Since 2020 the other members have been Domenic Salerni, second violin, and Nathan Schram, viola. Its repertoire ranges from Classical to contemporary. In 2020, the quartet won a

Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance The Grammy Award for Best Small Ensemble Performance (from 2013: Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance) has been awarded since 1997. In its early years, its title included the addition "(with or without a conductor)". In 1991 the Grammy f ...

for its collaboration with

Caroline Shaw Caroline Adelaide Shaw (born August 1, 1982) is an American composer of contemporary classical music, violinist, and singer. She won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her a cappella piece '' Partita for 8 Voices''. Shaw received the 2022 G ...

on the album ''Orange''. Three years later it won the same award for recording another Shaw work, ''Evergreen''.

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