Beo String Quartet with guest artist Michel Taddei

Sunday, April 19, 2026, 7 p.m.

Jason Neukom & Andrew “Gio” Giordano, violins; Sean Neukom, viola; Ryan Ash, cello; guest artist Michel Taddei, double bass

6:00 PM – Pre-concert talk by Stanford cellist and educator Christopher Costanza
7:00 PM – Concert
9:00 PM – Celebrate with a complimentary glass of wine and dessert!

About the Beo String Quartet and Guest Artist Michel Taddei

“This is an ensemble whose music making speaks to the heart as well as the mind.” (Grammy-winning composer Richard Danielpour, Curtis Institute of Music)

With 65 world premieres to its credit and 150 concert works played throughout the United States, South America, and Europe, the iconoclastic Beo String Quartet does what it loves best: playing classical repertoire, contemporary, rock, and experimental music. From the Latin “to make happy,” Beo started out as a lark. Two Mexican-American brothers, Jason Neukom and Sean Neukom, decided to record a song entitled “Happy, Happy,” composed by Sean, but for that they would need two more players. And so, in 2015 the Beo String Quartet was formed. The eclectic and highly polished Beo String Quartet has created a niche for itself as a daring, genre-defying ensemble. Rigorously trained in the classical tradition, the musicians also know their way around contemporary expression, including the use of electronics, live sound processing, and spatial audio manipulation. In 2023, the Beo Quartet made an auspicious New York debut at the famed J.P. Morgan Library in a concert that was hailed as “outstanding” by the New York Classical Review. Undaunted by artistic or logistical challenges, the Beo play the masters in a variety of settings, collaborate with living composers, and explore technology’s capacity to the fullest.

Joining the Beo Quartet for this concert is double bassist Michel Taddei who is a founding member of the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, and is Principal Bass of the Mendocino Music Festival, Berkeley Symphony, Bay Philharmonic, and San Francisco and Pacific Chamber Orchestras, and has performed with the San Francisco Symphony and New Century Chamber Orchestras. His credits include performances with Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble in the U.S. and in Central Asia.

Single Tickets will go on sale August 13

Ticket Pricing: $62 (adult), $60 (senior, 62+) and $30 (age 30 and under).
Questions? Please call the Box Office at (650) 762-1130.