The Formosa Quartet will present a String Quartet Chamber Music Concert, 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20 in Mary Craig Auditorium at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA), 1130 State St.

The Formosa Quartet has sustained a career of innovation, storytelling, and advocacy since winning the 1st Prize and Amadeus Prize at the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition, SBMA said.

The performance will include J.S. Bach’s “Four Contrapuncti” from “The Art of Fugue;” a Formosa Quartet Set; Schubert’s “String Quartet No. 13 in A minor,” and D. 804 “Rosamunde.”

The Formosa Quartet Set is an assortment of shorts from the group’s collection of folk, pop, jazz, and poetry arrangements.

“Curated especially for each concert, the set is like a flight of desserts after a main course, offering a chance for audiences to let their hair down, tap their toes, and enjoy the string quartet medium in somewhat less-conventional contexts,” SBMA said.

Tickets are $20 for SBMA members; $25 non-nembers. Get tickets at tickets.sbma.net.

The Formosa Quartet has given critically acclaimed performances at the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian, Da Camera Society of Los Angeles, Chicago Cultural Center, and Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center.

The group’s founding members’ interest in championing Taiwanese music and Indigenous cultures has since expanded to include the exploration of the rich folk traditions and heritages found in America today.

The members of the Formosa Quartet – Jasmine Lin, David Bernat, Matthew Cohen, and Deborah Pae – have established themselves as leading solo, chamber, and orchestral musicians.

With degrees from the Juilliard School, Curtis Institute of Music, New England Conservatory, Colburn Conservatory, and the Cleveland Institute of Music, they have performed in major venues throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe and have been top prizewinners in prestigious competitions.