Music
Lunch Time Concert - Amaia Quartet
DATE
Thu 29 Aug 2024
VENUE
Woodville Auditorium
SELECT SHOWING
Schubert: String Quartet no.14 in D minor
"Death and the Maiden"
The Amaia Quartet has risen to
prominence as an exceptional string
quartet based in London, U.K. An
internationally diverse ensemble with
members from 4 different corners of the
world - New Zealand, England, Serbia
and Scotland - the quartet shares a
unifying passion for chamber music and a
strong desire to explore the repertoire of
the string quartet.
Graduates of the Royal
Academy of Music, Royal College of
Music, Guildhall School of Music and
Drama, Juilliard School of Music and
Hochschule für Musik, Theater und
Medien Hannover, their accolades
include awards at Enescu International
Violin Competition (2016), Orlando
International Chamber Music Competition
(2017), Hattori Foundation Senior Award
U.K. (2017), Massimo Antonelli Chamber
Music Competition (2018), Philip and
Dorothy Green Young Artists Award by
the Making Music Foundation, Associates
of the Royal Academy of Music and
Aboyne Cello Festival Young Artist.
They
have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3,
Radio Nacional de España, Radio
Vatican, and NDR Kultur and recorded for
the Brilliant Classics record label. The
members of the Amaia Quartet have
performed extensively throughout Europe
and internationally in many countries,
including France, Spain, Germany, Peru,
Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, China, South
Korea, Russia, Israel, Singapore, and
beyond. Closer to home, they have
performed across the U.K. at venues and
festivals, including Barbican Hall, Conway
Hall, St Margarets Westminster, Kings
Place, City Music Society, Lincoln
International Concert Series, Bradford
Cathedral Chamber Series, Buxton
International Festival, Kings Lynn
Festival, and many more. They've been a
part of the Britten Pears Young Artist
Programme in the U.K., Pro Quartet in
France, Jeunesses Musicales
International Chamber Music Campus in
Germany, Juilliard String Quartet Seminar
in the U.S., and the Evolution of String
Quartet program in Canada's Banff
Centre for Arts and Creativity. Their
recent association with Chamber Studio
at Kings Place, London, under the
mentorship of Levon Chilingirian, is
another milestone in their artistic journey.
Most recently, they recorded the
soundtrack for the "God of Carnage"
production at the Lyric Hammersmith
Theatre.
