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Friday 29 October 2010 at 7.30pm Finzi Quartet
Mozart: String Quartet in G, K.387
Korngold: String Quartet in D, Op.34
Beethoven: String Quartet in E minor, Op.59 No.2
The Finzi Quartet was formed under the guidance of the late Dr Christopher Rowland at the Royal Northern College of Music. Recently selected by the Tillett Trust and the Park Lane Group, 2009/2010 sees the Quartet’s debut at both the Wigmore Hall and the Purcell Room in London.Winner of 2nd Prize in the 2009 Trondheim International String Quartet Competition in Norway, the Quartet is also a laureate of the 31st London International String Quartet Competition and was a finalist in the Gianni Bergamo Classic Music Award for Chamber Music in Switzerland. Last year the Quartet was invited to take part in the Tunnell Trust’s Blair Atholl Showcase in Scotland, to which it returned earlier this year, and recently undertook a two-week Residency in Aldeburgh following visits to the Britten-Pears International Academy of String Quartets in 2006 and 2008.
After working with Günter Pichler of the Alban Berg Quartett in Aldeburgh and Siena, Italy, the Quartet was invited to study in his 2008/2009 chamber music class at the Instituto Internacional de Música de Cámara de Madrid, where it attended on a monthly visiting basis. This was made possible by a full scholarship from the Albeniz Foundation in Madrid. The Quartet has benefited hugely from the support and mentorship of Günter Pichler and will make several visits to continue its work with him in Madrid in 2010. The Quartet has also participated in masterclasses with Alasdair Tait, Isabel Charisius, the Endellion Quartet, Valentin Erben, Gabor Takacs-Nagy, Hugh Maguire and Thomas Riebl, and in 2008 was selected for Andras Keller's class at the International Musicians Seminar in Prussia Cove.
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