Formed in 1998 the Doric String Quartet won first prize at the 2008 Osaka International Chamber Music Competition. This will be its first visit to Bradfield.
In 2015 the Quartet was appointed as Teaching Quartet in Association at the Royal Academy of Music in London and from 2018 they have acted as Artistic Directors of the Mendelssohn on Mull Festival, a position which sees them play a key role in providing young chamber music professionals with a week of intensive mentoring, coaching and development.
Firmly established as one of the leading quartets of its generation, the Doric String Quartet receives enthusiastic responses from audiences and critics across the globe. With repertoire ranging from Haydn through to Bartok, Ades and Brett Dean, the Quartet’s schedule takes them to the leading concert halls around the world including Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Vienna Konzerthaus, and the Berlin Konzerthaus, as well as regular performances at the Wigmore Hall.
Programme
Beethoven: Quartet in G major Op.18, No.2
Berg: String Quartet Op.3
Smetana: String Quartet No 1 “From my life”
