empty cell Webern Quartet & Yui Futaeda
The Webern Quartet is a string quartet founded in Los Angeles in 2022. Named after Anton Webern, a student of Arnold Schoenberg, the ensemble focuses on interpreting works from the Second Viennese School. In 2023, they held a residency at the Arnold Schoenberg Center in Vienna, performing all four of Schoenberg's string quartets. The quartet comprises Benjamin Hoffman (violin), Chiai Tajima (violin), Alex Granger (viola), and Stella Cho (cello). Soprano Yui Futaeda collaborated with the quartet on a recording of Schoenberg's string quartets, released in 2025 under the Belgian label Etcetera.