About this episode

Ion Zanca from the Dallas String Quartet discusses their latest album and notable collaborations.

A member of the GRAMMY®-nominated Dallas String Quartet, which bills itself as “Where Bach Meets Bon Jovi” and has charted at Number 1 on Billboard. Less than three weeks ago their newest album was released, titled, “A String Quartet Tribute to Taylor Swift,” which was done alongside a alongside 4x GRAMMY® Award-winning engineer, mixer, and producer. They have performed for two presidents and collaborated with artists including Ed Sheeran and Luke Combs, appeared at the Academy of Country Music Awards, and famously performed at the wedding of Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton. They are one of the most streamed crossover string groups in the world with over 50 million streams on Spotify, where they have approximately 162 thousand monthly listeners.

People in this episode

Host: Bruce Wawrzyniak

Guest: Ion Zanca

Topics covered

• music
• string quartet
• GRAMMY
• crossover
• collaboration

Keywords

• Dallas String Quartet
• GRAMMY
• Taylor Swift
• crossover music
• streaming

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dallas String Quartet, Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Luke Combs, Academy of Country Music Awards, Spotify

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