Based in New York City, the Iktus Percussion Quartet is an ambitious, dynamic young ensemble committed to expanding the boundaries of the percussion genre.  As a group with strong ties to the local artistic community, Iktus is dedicated to commissioning new compositions from emerging artists.  Since its inception, the quartet has commissioned over fifty new works for percussion quartet, including works by Angélica Negrón, Aaron Siegel, Lisa R. Coons, Jenny Olivia Johnson, Stefan Weisman, and Billy Martin (of Medeski, Martin and Wood), among others. 

Iktus’ wide range of repertoire has brought them to perform at such vennues and festivals as the Bang on A Can Marathon, Galapagos Arts Space, Le Poisson Rouge, Issue Project Room, Symphony Space, and Trinity Church.  Iktus has held residencies at SUNY Purchase College, where they performed Laura Kaminsky’s Terra Terribilis, a concerto for percussion quartet and orchestra, as well as residincies at CUNY Brooklyn, and the Pre-College music program at Stony Brook University.  

In the Spring of 2010, Iktus was selected as a TimeOut NY Critic's Pick: Top Ten Concert of the Year, and received high acclaim from the NY Times for their performance with the St. Petersburg Chamber Symphony in Symphony Space's "Wall to Wall" series: Music of the Soviet ERA. 

This past summer, Iktus established Iktus+: a collective of outstanding musicians, composers and  conductors that regularly collaborate with the group.  As performer-educators, Iktus has also given master classes to various enthusiastic elementary school audiences.  Iktus is endorsed by Mike Balter Mallets, Grover Pro Percussion and Paiste Cymbals.