The Carducci Quartet

Concert Details

Concert Description:

Programme
Haydn: String Quartet Op 50 No 6 Frog
Ravel: String Quartet in F Major
Dvorak: String Quartet No. 12 in F major Op 96 “American”

This concert is being promoted jointly with Wexford Arts Centre

The Carducci String Quartet – a British/Irish combination – is recognised today as one of Europe’s top young string quartets. They have won prizes at no less than 6 International Chamber Music Competitions and have, most recently, been awarded the Bulldog Scholarship at Trinity College of Music.

Graduates of the top music conservatoires in Britain and Ireland, they have studied with members of many leading quartets including the Amadeus, Vanbrugh and Chilingirian. Most recently they have studied in London with Gabor Takacs and in Paris with Gyorgy Kurtag and Paul Katz of the Cleveland Quartet as part of the ProQuartet young professional training programme.

Following on from their Purcell Room debut as part of the Park Lane Young Artists Series, the quartet have been invited to perform at numerous contemporary music festivals and societies, including the “Second Glance” Festival, London, and the Cheltenham Contemporary Music Society. They made their Wigmore Hall debut in 2006. Other highlights of last year included performances at the Luberon Chamber Music Festival, France and the West Cork Chamber Music Festival.

The quartet’s educational work includes numerous workshops for school children in London sponsored by the Cavatina Chamber Music Trust. They also run their own music courses in France for young musicians and have a strong link with The Gloucester Academy of Music where they frequently give workshops and performances.