Danapris String Quartet from Kyiv is a community of ambitious musicians joined in an effort to create new music for Ukrainians and disseminate Ukrainian culture around the world. Each quartet member is a distinguished creator with a remarkable musical career. They are united, first and foremost, by an interest in modern academic music and expanding classical quartet performance to new horizons. The quartet chose the word Danapris, the Scythian name of the Dnipro river meaning deep water, as a symbol of national identity and a declaration of desire to unearth the best examples of Ukrainian and world music.