The Henao Quartet was founded in Rome in 2014 at the Fondazione Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Its members are William Chiquito (Colombia) and Soyeon Kim (South Korea) on violin, Stefano Trevisan (Italy) on viola, and Giacomo Menna (Italy) on cello. Since its foundation the quartet has honed its artistry with Professor Günter Pichler (Alban Berg Quartet) at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana and the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid.
The Henao Quartet has performed at some of the most important festivals and concert seasons, including the Accademia Filarmonica Romana, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the Piero Farulli Association, the Accademia Musicale Chigiana, ProQuartet in Paris, IUC, I Concerti del Quirinale, Amici della Musica di Perugia, the Scarlatti Association of Naples, the Concert Society of Trieste, the Filarmonica Laudamo of Messina, Gioventù Musicale d’Italia, the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Amici della Musica di Padova, and the Trasimeno Festival.
In 2018, the quartet was selected to join the Le Dimore del Quartetto network, and in 2019 it toured Asia for the first time.
In February 2020, the quartet made its debut with the Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini of Parma and the RAI National Symphony Orchestra of Turin, giving the first Italian performance of Absolute Jest by the American composer John Adams, written for string quartet and orchestra.
