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Fibonacci Quartet
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Quartet - String Quartet
Instrumentation
- Kryštof Kohout - Violin
- Luna de Mol - Violin
- Elliot Kempton - Viola
- Findlay Spence - Cello
Repertoire
Sample Programme:
HAYDN: String Quartet in D, Op.76 No.5
SCHULHOFF: 5 Pieces for String Quartet (1923)
Interval
SCHUBERT: String Quartet in D minor, D810 'Death and the Maiden'
Biography
Based in the UK and formed at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the quartet are a Resident Ensemble at the Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia in Madrid with Günter Pichler and at the Dutch String Quartet Academy with Marc Danel, as well as frequently performing in association with ProQuartet in Paris. They have received mentoring from Quartetto di Cremona at the Stauffer Centre and have also studied with Eberhard Feltz.
The Quartet have received numerous awards including both First Prize and the Audience Prize at the 13th ‘Premio Paolo Borciani’ International String Quartet Competition, First Prize in the Royal Overseas League Chamber Music Competition, First Prize in the Cavatina Chamber Music Competition, First Prize in the International Triomphe de l’Art Competition in Belgium, The Kirckman Society Award, Audience Prize at the Schiermonikoog Festival and the Special Prize of the Shostakovich Association in Paris.
They were privileged to work closely with Kaija Saariaho to record 'Terra Memoria' for BBC Radio 3 at the Barbican in one of her final projects.
The Fibonacci Quartet are generously supported by the Escuela Reina Sofia, the Hattori Foundation, Fondation Biermans-Lapôtre (Paris) and Talent Unlimited.