As a result of an agreement between the Pro Canale Foundation and the Stauffer Foundation, the Doré Quartet, students of the String Quartet course, have received four historic Italian instruments on loan: the Giovanni Battista Ceruti (Cremona 1815) and Gaetano Antoniazzi (Cremona 1885) violins, the Giovanni Pistucci viola (Naples circa 1910) and the Celeste Farotti cello (Milan 1906).
On May 30th, during an official ceremony at the Sala Stradivari, the Doré Quartet played pieces by Schubert and Shostakovich.