Medusa Quartet

Wielding a sound that would turn classical music scholars to stone, these four folk innovators are reimagining the Western string quartet. By inviting back voices previously regarded as too ugly for “polite society,” Medusa tempts us to redefine what is beautiful. Along with recognizable instruments like violin and cello, Medusa’s sound comes from the suka, the plosk fidel, and the nyckelharpa, near forgotten traditional fiddles with disreputable connotations that were rejected for centuries in their home countries of Poland and Sweden.





