ChiaroscuroQuartet
Contact
For availability and general enquiries:
Melanie Moult
For contracts, logistics and press:
Fiona Russell
Representation
General management: Askonas Holt
Partner managers:
Japan: Yuichi Murakami, Eurassic Tokyo Inc
About Chiaroscuro Quartet
Formed in 2005, Chiaroscuro Quartet performs music of the Classical and early Romantic periods on gut strings and with historical bows. The Quartet’s unique sound is highly acclaimed by audiences and critics all over Europe.
Recent releases in their growing discography include Beethoven Opp.74 and 130, Mozart ‘Prussian’ Quartets and Haydn Op.33 (1-3), with future plans featuring the second volume of Haydn Op. 33 and Beethoven Razumovsky Quartets.
Among the ensemble’s chamber music partners are Kristian Bezuidenhout, Trevor Pinnock, Jonathan Cohen, Christian Poltera and Cédric Tiberghien. The 24-25 season sees them continue their regular appearances at Wigmore Hall London, and visits to the Boulez Saal Berlin, Laeiszhalle Hamburg and Amsterdam Concertgebouw. They return to North America for a tour including Weill Hall (New York), Schubert Club (St Paul) the Philips Collection in Washington DC and Menil Collection Houston.
Recent highlights have taken the ensemble on tour to Japan and the US, and to the Konzerthaus Vienna, Edinburgh International Festival, Beethoven Haus Bonn and Salzburg Mozarteum.
Chiaroscuro Quartet are grateful to Jumpstart Jr Foundation for the kind loan of the 1570 Andrea Amati violin.
Representation
General management: Askonas Holt
Partner managers:
Japan: Yuichi Murakami, Eurassic Tokyo Inc
Season Highlights
Audio
- Schubert: "Der Tod und das Madchen" IV PrestoCredit: BIS Records
- Schubert: "der Tod und das Madchen" II AndanteCredit: BIS Records
- Mozart: String Quartet in C Op.19 K 465Credit: Aparte
Sample Programmes
Chiaroscuro Quartet
Mozart String Quartet in C major, K.465 'Dissonance' Interval Schubert String Quartet in G major, D.887 OR: Purcell Fantasias: No.7 (Z. 738) No.8 (Z. 739) No.11 (Z. 742) Beethoven String Quartet in F minor, Op.95 ‘Serioso’ Interval Schubert String Quartet in D minor, D.810 'Death and the Maiden’ OR: Haydn String Quartet in D minor, Op.9, No.4 Beethoven String Quartet in F major, Op.59, No.1 'Razumovsky' Interval Schubert String Quartet D minor, D.810 'Death and the Maiden' OR: Beethoven String Quartet in E flat major, Op.127 Beethoven String Quartet in E flat major, Op.131 Haydn String Quartets: C major, Op.20, No.2 G minor, Op.20, No.3 D major, Op.20, No.4
With Kristian Bezuidenhout or Cedric Tiberghien, fortepiano
Beethoven String Quartet in F major, Op.56 'Razumovsky' Interval Mendelssohn Prelude & Fugue in E minor (1841) Selection from Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 62 Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op.44 Or: Mozart String Quartet in C major, K.465 'Dissonance' Mozart Piano Sonata Interval Haydn String Quartet in D major, Op.33, No.6 Mozart Piano Concerto No.12 in A major, K.414
Press
Recording: Beethoven String Quartets Vol 3
BIS recordsOct 2023The wonderfully paced opening grows steadily in insistence, until it blossoms into melody in a totally unforced way, setting the tone for everything that follows; there seem to be no preconceptions in these performances, everything comes from the music itself.
- The Guardian
- 19 October 2023
Discography
- Beethoven: String Quartets Opp 74 and 130
- Haydn: Op.33 Vol 1
- Mozart: Prussian Quartets
- Beethoven: String Quartets Op.18 Vol 2
- Beethoven: String Quartets Op.18 Vol 1
- Haydn: String Quartets Op.76 Vol 2
- Haydn: String Quartets Op.76 vol 1
- Schubert: String Quartets No.9 and 14
- Haydn: Sun Quartets Vol.2
- Haydn: "Sun Quartets" Op. 20 Vol 1
- Mozart and Mendelssohn
- Beethoven, Mozart String Quartets
- Mozart, Schubert
