The Escher Quartet was founded in 2005 in New York City, where its original members were studying at the Manhattan School of Music.
[1][3] Among the venues where the ensemble has performed are the Auditorium du Louvre in Paris, Kennedy Center in Washington DC, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and Wigmore Hall in London.
[4] They were also invited by Pinchas Zukerman to serve as Quartet in Residence at the Young Artists Programme at Canada's National Arts Centre[1] and were invited by Itzhak Perlman to the Perlman Music Program on Shelter Island, New York.
[5] Escher has been mentored by the Emerson String Quartet and has collaborated with artists that include Leon Fleischer, David Finckel, Wu Han, Benjamin Grosvenor, jazz vocalist Kurt Elling, and jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman[1][6] In 2013 the Escher Quartet was awarded the Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Career Grant.
[8] In 2023–2024 the Escher Quartet served as season artists for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.