The Carducci String Quartet is recognised as one of Europe’s top young string quartets.

Half Irish, half British, they have won prizes at no less than 6 International Chamber Music Competitions.

'Musicians of high intelligence' The Times

The Szymanowski Quartet, one of the most charismatic string quartets in the younger generation, is frequently featured on the BBC.

These four musicians from Warsaw communicate electrifyingly with an audience.

'The Szymanowski Quartet bears the hallmark of greatness,'
Paul Cutts, The Strad

Sought after for their insight and imagination, the Chilingirian Quartet, founded in 1971, is one of the world’s most celebrated and widely travelled ensembles. Maestros in their own right, as a quartet they are renowned both for their thrilling interpretations of earlier composers and commanding performances of the contemporary repertoire.

As well as broadcasting throughout Europe, North America and for the BBC, they make many recordings and have recently embarked on a project of DVDs of all the Beethoven Quartets recorded live.

Please Note:
Their has been a necessary slight programme change to this concert.

In place of BARTOK Quartet No.4 the quartet will perform SHOSTAKOVICH No 11 Op 122.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Freddy Kempf, winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year and Best Young British Classical Performer in the Classical Brit Awards, took up the piano at the age of four and aged 8, caught the attention of British concertgoers when he played a Mozart Piano Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall.

Kempf performs solo, chamber, and concert music in Europe, the Americas, East Asia and Australia, and has recorded recital discs of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, and Schumann.

'The meteoric success of pianist Freddy Kempf makes it easy to forget he is in his
mid-20s. If it is true that an artist’s finest years come with age, then the mind boggles at the possibilities.'
The Guardian