The Emerson String Quartet has maintained its status as one of the world’s premier chamber music ensembles for more than four decades. “With musicians like this,” wrote a reviewer for The Times, London, “there must be some hope for humanity.” The Quartet has made more than 30 acclaimed recordings, and has been honored with nine GRAMMY Awards (including two for Best Classical Album), three Gramophone Awards, the Avery Fisher Prize, and Musical America’s “Ensemble of the Year” award. An Emerson String Quartet performance is simply indispensable.

Called “a vocalist of unerring instinct” by the New York Times, Boston native Aoife O’Donovan is one of the most sought after vocalists and songwriters of her generation. A co-founder of the bands Crooked Still and I’m With Her, O’Donovan’s career has allowed her to collaborate with some of the most eminent names in music across a wide variety of genres. Multiple Grammy Award-winner and MacArthur Fellow Chris Thile, a member of Punch Brothers and Nickel Creek, is a mandolin virtuoso, composer and vocalist. These two frequent collaborators bring the spark and joy of their musical friendship to a special digital performance recorded exclusively for the Celebrity Series audience.