“They play their asses off with that old Budapest String Quartet style with fabulously expressive playing”

– David Amram, first composer-in-residence at the NY Phil appointed by Leonard Bernstein

“The first time I heard the KASA Quartet I was astounded by their innate and natural ability to communicate through their music. They have a truly unique voice that always has you and your ears on the edge of your seats.”

-Nathan Chan, Assistant Principal Cello, Seattle Symphony

“If you could go back in time, would you like to go see the Kronos quartet before they were famous? You may be running out of time with KASA. Rockstars!”

-Hector Garcia, Board of Trustees, Columbus Symphony

KASA Quartet, First Prize winner of the 2017 Coltman Chamber Music Competition, was founded in the summer of 2016 by Andy Liang, Aaron Schwartz, Stephanie Price-Wong and Kyle Price. KASA utilizes its fluency in multiple styles to curate fresh, innovative, genre-defying performances that harken the classical standard repertoire and fuse it with favorites of the jazz, musical theater, folk and pop standards. The quartet takes pride in creating and interpreting original arrangements and transcriptions of works by Jacob Collier, Marvin Hamlisch, George Gershwin among others. The ensemble has taught and performed as featured artists for the Ravinia Festival, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Austin Chamber Music Center, Second City Chamber Series, Miami Music Project, and Chamber Music Connection in addition to holding a residency each summer at the Caroga Lake Music Festival since its inception. KASA’s shared passion for bringing multiple genres together for their programming has attracted various audiences and presenters from different musical interests together for memorable performances and projects. KASA released its debut album in 2022, Forever Wild, Vol. 1 with each track featuring guest collaborations spanning a wide array of genres and styles.