Grammy nominees for their last two releases (2006 and 2007) and International Tango competition winners ( New York , 2004), Quartet San Francisco expresses itself in its agility and standout virtuosic playing. Quartet San Francisco is Jeremy Cohen and Kayo Miki, violinists, Keith Lawrence, violist, and Joel Cohen, cellist. As crossover specialists they excel in multiple styles — from jazz to tango, pop to funk, blues to bluegrass, gypsy swing to big band and beyond .

Since its concert debut in 2001, Quartet San Francisco has offered its exclusive and ground-breaking literature to local, national, and international audiences in a variety of venues that include tango and concert halls, jazz festivals, museums, and classrooms. Their Latin and tango CD, “Látigo” (2006), was honored with Grammy nominations for Best Classical Crossover and Best Engineered, Classical. The quartet members were also Classical Crossover nominees for “Whirled Chamber Music” (2007)

“...what could easily be the most cheerful and brilliantly-executed release of 2007” All About Jazz on the CD Whirled Chamber Music

“...the musicians played with breezy wit, fine technical finish and a genuine feeling for musical idiom.” The Washington Post