Caramoor: Thalea String Quartet (April 11) Formed in 2014 at the Zephyr International Chamber Music Festival in Courmayeur, Italy, the Thalea String Quartet has been celebrated for its “vibrant performance” and “sincere expressivity” (SF Classical Voice). After serving as Caramoor’s Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence during the 2019-20 season, the quartet returns to present a program of contemporary music, including Paola Prestini’s The Red Book, a Caramoor-commissioned world premiere.