NEXUS 

String Quartet
by Clarice Assad

An innovative and expressive new work for the Takács (premiere November 2025) exploring the creative tensions between individuality and collective endeavor that epitomize the string quartet. 

Photo credit Marcelo Macaue

From the composer’s program note:

“NEXUS was inspired by watching the Takács Quartet's visceral, whole-body approach to musical expression. NEXUS amplifies the natural physicality of chamber music performance into choreographed symbolism.

The work explores the magnetic forces that draw us together and apart in our modern physical and virtual worlds—the invisible threads of influence, the seductive pull of belonging, and the courage required to maintain an authentic and diverse voice within a collective.”

Clarice Assad’s NEXUS was commissioned for the Takács Quartet by primary commissioner Justus Schlichting for the Segerstrom Center, Costa Mesa 

in partnership with co-commissioners, Carnegie Hall, University of Maryland, Middlebury College, BroadStage, Chamber Music in Napa Valley, Portland Friends of Chamber Music,  Cal Performances Berkeley and the University Musical Society at the University of Michigan.