The UB Music Department and Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center are excited to collaborate once again to offer a one-of-a-kind concert experience in Asbury Hall celebrating the centennial of the monolithic American composer and longtime Buffalo resident Morton Feldman. This concert will feature the world-renowned contemporary string ensemble Mivos Quartet performing the legendary nearly six-hour long, single movement work String Quartet No.2, which was written in Buffalo and had its premiere performance in Toronto in 1983 by the Kronos Quartet. This mesmerizing work is Feldman's longest composition and requires an exceptional level of concentration and control from the musicians. Audience members are invited to spread out and relax anywhere in Asbury Hall and may come and go as they wish at during the performance. There will also be light refreshments and snacks available. Please join us and experience this singular, epic and historic concert performance!



The Mivos Quartet is devoted to bringing incredible new string quartet music, in all its variety, to diverse audiences worldwide. Since its founding in 2008, the quartet has performed and closely collaborated with established and emerging composers representing a broad range of demographics and compositional aesthetics. Mivos commissions and premieres new music for string quartet, while also sustainably nurturing the repertoire by offering repeat performances of new works in their regular touring season. The quartet strives for deep, meaningful collaborations with composers for each new work and project. Beyond building the string quartet repertoire, Mivos expands the capabilities of the ensemble by regularly working with guest artists from varied, overlapping traditions and genres. The quartet curates concert programs that they would want to hear - pieces of music that complement each other and offer audiences a rich, powerful and meaningful listening experience. 



Mivos has performed to critical acclaim at Aldeburgh Music (UK), Carnegie Hall (USA), Lincoln Center (USA), Elbphilharmonie (Germany), Shanghai New Music Week (China), Música de Agora na Bahia (Brazil), Lucerne Festival (Switzerland), Lo Spirito della musica di Venezia (Italy), Skaņu Mežs (Latvia), Festival Internacional Chihuahua (México), Wien Moderne (Austria), Hong Kong Arts Center, and the Library of Congress (USA). In recognition of their work in championing new music, the quartet has received the Interpretation Prize at the Darmstadt Summer Courses, as well as the 2019 Dwight and Ursula Mamlok Prize for Interpreters of Contemporary Music. 

Their recent album "Steve Reich: The String Quartets" on Deutsche Grammophon, described as "essential listening" (Morning Star), is the first complete album of Reich's masterpieces, with all backing tracks recorded anew by Mivos. Other recent albums feature the music of JG Thirlwell (Cantaloupe Music), Lei Liang (New World Records) and Mary Halvorson (Nonesuch). Mivos can also be heard on releases with KAIROS, New Focus Recordings and Tzadik labels. More info at: mivosquartet.com

For more information on UB Music department events go to:arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/music

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Hallwalls Music Program is made possible through public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Hallwalls was supported by NewMusicUSA's Organization Fund in 2026-27 https://newmusicusa.org/, and a generous grant from the Cullen Foundation www.thecullenfoundation.org/.