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Quartet - String Quartet

Instrumentation

• Jonathan McBride - Violin
• Emma Lloyd - Violin
• Rebecca Minio-Paluelio - Viola
• Irini Dimitriadou - Cello

Repertoire

Egidija Medeksaite, 'Purusha' (2024, World Premiere)

Dmitri Shostakovich, String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, op. 110

Fanny Mendelssohn, String Quartet in Eb Major

Missy Mazzoli 'Enthusiasm Strategies' (2019)

Philip Glass, String Quartet No.2, 'Company' (1983)

Philip Glass, String Quartet No.3, 'Mishima' (1985)

Steve Reich, 'Different Trains' (1988)

Emma Jane Lloyd | Apertures (2023)

Duncan Jones | Butterpillar - Arranged for String Quartet (2023)

Jack Weir | Sketch #1 for String Quartet (2023)

James Brady | String Quartet: mvmt IV (2023)

Malcolm MacFarlane | Ares (2023)

Biography

Tesseris is an Edinburgh-based string quartet specialising in contemporary repertoire and collaboration, including projects with emerging composers and visual artists. Born in Germany, Ireland, Cyprus and Scotland and well-travelled across multiple continents on the way, Irini Dimitriadou, Rebecca Minio-Paluello, Emma Lloyd and Jonathan McBride have met through conservatoire study, performance and teaching and found their common bond through a love of chamber music.