A winner of the Naumburg Award for chamber music, the Lydian String Quartet has demonstrated “a precision and involvement marking them as among the world's best quartets” (Chicago Sun-Times). In residence at Brandeis University since their formation in 1980, the Lydians offer compelling, superbly integrated, and elegant performances of the quartet literature spanning two and a half centuries. The Lydians have created intriguing, multi-year projects including “Vienna and the String Quartet,” “American Originals,” “Around the World in a String Quartet,” and “A Celebration of Jewish Culture.”