Ivalas Quartet Named as the 2025-26 Kaufman Fellows

Long known as a launchpad for rising musical superstars, Kaufman Music Center announces a new fellowship created to help exceptional, community-oriented young musicians develop the multifaceted skills required to navigate today’s evolving arts landscape, from performance and pedagogy to entrepreneurship and arts administration. This season, Ivalas Quartet will dive into Kaufman Music Center’s vibrant ecosystem as performers, educators and learners, working with the Center’s artists and students to produce musical projects, coaching its students, performing in Merkin Hall and being mentored by executive administrative staff.

The Ivalas Quartet says, “We are incredibly excited to embark on this journey with Kaufman Music Center as performers and educators! We look forward to engaging with this unique and remarkable community of fellow artists and students, and engaging its diverse and warm audience, in the course of our own journey to develop and carry out our artistic mission.”