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Amaia Quartet
It gives me great pleasure to recommend the Amaia Quartet. This is a very serious and talented group which plays with deep musicianship, excellent individual and collective technique as well as having a varied repertoire.
A highly charged and very memorable performance.
Quartet - String Quartet
Instrumentation
- Alexandra Lomeiko - First Violin
- Milan Berginc - Second Violin
- George White - Viola
- Molly McWhirter - Cello
Repertoire
Beethoven: Op.18 No.s 1-6, Op.59 No.2
Haydn Op.20 No.1-6
Mozart: String Quartet No.19 “Dissonance Quartet” K465
Schubert: String Quartet No.14 “Death and the Maiden”, Quartettsatz D703
Mendelssohn: String Quartet in F minor Op.80
Ravel: String Quartet in F Major
Shostakovich: String Quartet No.10
Caroline Shaw: Plan and Elevation
Sally Beamish: Opus California
Biography
The Amaia Quartet has risen to prominence as an exceptional string quartet based in London, UK. An internationally diverse ensemble with members from four 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, under the mentorship of Levon Chilingirian, is another milestone in their artistic journey. Most recently, they were admitted to the Juilliard String Quartet Seminar 2024, and have kicked off their self-promoted series of concerts at The Woodfield Pavillion in Tooting Common, with the aim of bringing music to their local communities and supporting small businesses. They have also this year recorded the soundtrack for the "God of Carnage" production at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre.
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