Classical WSMR Live Performance with the Karuna Quartet

Formed at Juilliard only in 2025, the Karuna Quartet already holds the Gold Medal and Composer Prize from the 2026 St. Paul String Quartet Competition. Violinists Sophia Werner and Nicole Yun, violist Erin Emi Nishi and cellist Isabelle Nichols join Classical WSMR on the air for a live interview and a short performance, part of the station's live-performance series, now in its 23rd season. The broadcast is one stop on the quartet's Suncoast stay for The Perlman Music Program Suncoast, which also includes concerts in Venice and Sarasota and a masterclass with Sarasota Music Conservatory students at Selby Library. Karuna is Sanskrit for compassion, and the four players treat the word as a working method for chamber music.