"Little about the Pacifica Quartet is actually calming. The way it floated down the tranquil second movement of the Schubert Cello Quintet in a concert at Carnegie Music Hall on Monday night certainly qualifies. But for most of the Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society event, the ensemble excited and invigorated the listener with incredibly impassioned playing."

      -Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"As the string quartets that dominated the latter decades of the 20th century age, lose momentum and, in some cases, disband, a new group of dynamic young ensembles has risen to take their place.

Among the best is the Pacifica String Quartet. That quickly became clear during a brilliant performance Wednesday evening in a sold-out Gates Concert Hall, as the 12-year-old ensemble made its second visit to the Friends of Chamber Music series. These four closely knit musicians bring freshness, inner vibrancy and an open, radiant sound to their playing, not to mention a seemingly unerring ability to capture the innate mood and character of whatever they take on."

-Denver Post