Pictured: Karuna Quartet. Provided photo.

The award-winning Karuna Quartet comes to Venice and Sarasota in November for two performances presented by The Perlman Music Program Suncoast (PMP Suncoast). Formed at The Juilliard School in 2025, the young ensemble has already won the Gold Medal and Composer Prize at the 2026 St. Paul String Quartet Competition. The program features Haydn’s String Quartet in D Major, Op. 71 No. 2; Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw’s “Blueprint”; and Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 44 No. 3. The quartet performs Tuesday, November 10, at 7 p.m. at Venice Community Center, 326 Nokomis Ave. S., Venice, and Thursday, November 12, at 7:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 2050 Oak St., Sarasota. Tickets are $30-$40 and are available at PMPSuncoast.org. (Listeners can tune into WSMR on Monday, November 9, at 11 a.m. to hear a live interview and short performance by the quartet. On Saturday, November 14, The Karuna Quartet will present a free public masterclass with students from the Sarasota Music Conservatory, 2-3:15 p.m. at Selby Library in downtown Sarasota.)

Pictured: Karuna Quartet. Provided photo.