The Castalian String Quartet has been named the 2019 Royal Philharmonic Society Young Artist of the Year. In 2018, the Quartet was the recipient of the inaugural Merito String Quartet Award & Valentin Erben Prize and a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship Award. Highlights this season include a complete Brahms and Schumann chamber music cycle at Wigmore Hall and their Carnegie Hall debut.
Concerts
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Thu 08 Apr 21Thu 29 Apr 21
Venue
The Polyphonic Concert Club
Filmed at the Stoller Hall
A series of 6 online chamber recitals
Programme
Haydn – Quartet in C major, Op. 20 no 2
Thomas Adès – The Four Quarters
Janáček – Quartet no. 2 in E minor “Kreutzer Sonata”
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Sat 24 Apr 21
Venue
Wigmore Hall
11:30am and 3pm
Live stream
Programme
Brian Elias focus day
Works include:
Brian Elias – String Quartet
Brian Elias – Geranos
Brian Elias – L’innominata
Elisabeth Lutyens – Requiescat for soprano and string trio
Maurice Ravel – Introduction and Allegro
Latest Media
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Joining IMG Artists
We are incredibly excited to be joining the roster of IMG Artists for general management! We will be represented by Vice President and Artist Manager Derek Chandruang from the company’s London office. Read more at: https://imgartists.com/news/img-artists-welcomes-the-castalian-string-quartet-to-its-roster-for-general-management/…
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2019 Royal Philharmonic Society Young Artist Award
We are thrilled and honoured to have received RPS’ 2019 Young Artist Award! Read more at https://royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/awards/rps_music_awards/latest-winners/2019-young-artists…
Blog
Read about quartet life, travels and concerts
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Lambs on the Sidewalk
Castalian String Quartet Blog
If one more person reacts like that, I thought, then I’ll do away with life in civilisation and set-up camp off-grid. Casual superstition—can’t stand it. Leave it to the pros. Take me, a bona fide expert: if Liverpool are playing it’ll be the same socks, the same boxer briefs, a You’ll…
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Curl It Like Carlos
Castalian String Quartet Blog
It was the 1998 football World Cup and my parents had bought me the tournament’s seminal hardback guide—a hefty bible of star players, colourful kits and vital statistics. Decked out in Colombia’s banana-yellow strip and sporting a wild mop of blond curls, one footballer captured my imagination above all…
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