MUSIC AT TRINITY: The Signum Quartet returns to Princeton as part of Princeton Symphony Orchestra’s Chamber Series at Trinity Church on May 1.

The Signum Quartet returns to Princeton on Thursday, May 1 at 7 p.m. to perform in the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO)’s new chamber music series at Trinity Church.

The ensemble consists of violinists Florian Donderer and Annette Walther, violist Xandi van Dijk, and cellist Thomas Schmitz. On the program are Franz Joseph Haydn’s String Quartet in C Major, Op. 33 No. 3, “The Bird”; Vítezslava Kaprálová’s String Quartet, Op. 8; and Antonín Dvorák’s String Quartet No. 13 in G Major, Op. 106.

The quartet began their 2024-25 season with performances across Germany, Switzerland, and Spain. They also toured South Africa combining programs featuring select works by Haydn, Schumann, and Brahms with an original presentation highlighting current South African composers and musicians in honor of the 30th anniversary of the fall of apartheid.

In 2021, the ensemble made its debut at Carnegie Hall in New York and at the Library of Congress in 2023. This spring, they return to the United States as a featured guest artist at the Salt Lake City Chamber Music Society and the PSO’s Chamber Series at Trinity. They will make their Chinese debut in Chengdu, Shanghai, and Shenzhen. The recent recording of their Schubert cycle, Lebensmuth, received an Opus Klassik Award in 2024.

Tickets are $45 (youths 5-17 receive a 50 percent discount with an adult purchase. Visit princetonsymphony.org or call (609) 497-0020.