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The Ciompi Quartet Turns 50

WUNC | By Anita Rao,
Frank Stasio
Published September 25, 2015 at 12:13 PM EDT
Giorgio Ciompi (right) founded the Ciompi Quartet at Duke University in 1965. Pictured with him are (L-R) Claudia Warburg, one of the early quartet , pianist Murray Perahia and Horst Meyer, a professor at Duke and a great patron of the quartet.
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Giorgio Ciompi (right) founded the Ciompi Quartet at Duke University in 1965. Pictured with him are (L-R) Claudia Warburg, one of the early quartet , pianist Murray Perahia and Horst Meyer, a professor at Duke and a great patron of the quartet.
Ciompi Quartet
The Ciompi Quartet consists of, left to right, Fred Raimi, Eric Pritchard, Jonathan Bagg and Hsiao-mei Ku.
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The Ciompi Quartet consists of (L-R) Fred Raimi, Eric Pritchard, Jonathan Bagg and Hsiao-mei Ku.
D.L. Anderson

The Ciompi Quartet was founded at Duke University by renowned Italian violinist Giorgio Ciompi. Since its inception in 1965, the quartet has been an integral part of the classical music scene in the Triangle and has also built a reputation around the world.

The quartet begins its anniversary season with a performance at Baldwin Auditorium next Saturday, October 3. The event features celebrated jazz vocalist Nneena Freelon. 

Host Frank Stasio talks to the Ciompi Quartet and they perform live in studio; the quartet is Eric Pritchard, violin; Hsiao-mei Ku, violin; Jonathan Bagg, viola; and Fred Raimi, cello. He is also ed by Arturo Ciompi, the son of quartet founder Giorgio Ciompi.
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Anita Rao
Anita Rao is an award-winning journalist, host, creator, and executive editor of "Embodied," a weekly radio show and podcast about sex, relationships & health.
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Frank Stasio
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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