2025 GRAMMY® WINNER: STRANDS
“a sonically daring ensemble who specializes in performing new works with charisma and integrity” (BBC Music Magazine).
Founded in 2009, the GRAMMY® Award-winning Akropolis Reed Quintet is “a sonically daring ensemble who specializes in performing new works with charisma and integrity” (BBC Music Magazine). Comprising five reed players and entrepreneurs unbounded by limits or categorization, Akropolis has graced the Classical Billboard Charts with each of their last three albums, including #2 in April, 2024, and has won seven national chamber music prizes including the 2014 Fischoff Gold Medal. Having premiered and commissioned more than 200 works by living artists and composers, they are pioneers and champions of a new genre of classical music—the reed quintet. Read More +
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Congratulations to the 27 performers and 5 composers who have been selected to attend the Akropolis Chamber Music Institute at Interlochen Center for the Arts!
After receiving over 140 applications from incredibly talented artists both nationally and internationally, please extend a HUGE congratulations to the 27 performers and 5 composers who have been selected to attend the Akropolis Chamber Music Institute at Interlochen Center for the Arts this June. Read more about these artists here.
Strands Won A GRAMMY®!
We are so proud to announce that Strands has won a GRAMMY® Award for Best Instrumental Composition by the incredible Pascal Le Boeuf with drummer Christian Euman! This is a dream come true for Akropolis, and we’re deeply humbled to be the first reed quintet in history to win a GRAMMY®! Read more about our time at the 67th GRAMMY® Awards on February 2, 2025, and listen to our full album, Are We Dreaming The Same Dream? here.
