Doric String Quartet Information

The Doric String Quartet is now firmly established as one of the outstanding quartets of their generation. In 2008 they won 1st prize in the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition in Japan, 2nd prize in the Premio Paolo Borciani Competition in Italy, where they also received a special mention for their performance of Haydn, and the Ensemble Prize in the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, donated by the Nordmetall-Foundation. Now in its 11th season the Quartet regularly performs at major festivals and venues throughout the UK as well as abroad in Europe and Asia. Highlights over the last year have included debut concerts in Germany (Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), Israel (Tel Aviv), Switzerland and France, a BBC Radio 3 recording, collaborations with Piers Lane and Melvyn Tan, masterclasses with György Kurtag and the closing concert in the Wigmore Hall season. The Quartet was selected for representation by Young Concert Artists Trust (YCAT) in 2006. During 2008/09 the Quartet appear four times at Wigmore Hall including a recital in the hall's Haydn celebrations alongside such groups as the Arcanto, Hagen and Mosaiques Quartets and a concert with Mark Padmore and Julius Drake. They also make their debut at the Auditorium du Louvre in Paris, give recitals in Lucerne, Frankfurt, the Isle of Man, East Neuk, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schwetzinger Festivals, tour throughout Japan and return to Israel and South East Asia. Formed in 1998 at Pro Corda, The National School for Young Chamber Music Players, in Suffolk, since 2002 the Doric String Quartet have been studying on the Paris-based ProQuartet Professional Training Program, where they have worked with members of the Alban Berg, Artemis, Hagen and LaSalle Quartets. The Quartet continue to study with Rainer Schmidt (Hagen Quartet) and Walter Levin (LaSalle Quartet) at the Music Academy in Basel. In 2000 the Doric String Quartet won the inaugural Bristol Millennium Chamber Music Competition. They were subsequently made "Artists in Residence" at the ...