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The Heath String Quartet
String Quartet - G major K387 Mozart |
Oliver Heath violin |
We are honoured that the Heath Quartet has agreed to be our resident String Quartet. Their reputation as one of Britain's most exciting and innovative young ensembles has grown steadily since its formation in 2002. Its members' exceptionally committed and vibrant playing has been recognised through successes in The Royal Overseas League Competition, The Terence Weil Memorial Prize and the Nossek and Hirsch Prizes. In 2005 they were selected from amongst the country's most outstanding young chamber groups to win the prestigious Philharmonia Orchestra/Martin Musical Scholarship Fund Ensemble Award. A highly successful debut recital in The Purcell Room soon followed. In 2006 the Royal Northern College of Music awarded the Quartet the Sir John Barbirolli Memorial Prize for Chamber Music. In 2006/07 the Quartet appeared under the auspices of the Countess of Munster Recital Scheme, the Making Music Concert Promoters Society, and the Park Lane Group Young Artist Series, as well as undertaking two tours of Scotland for the Tunnell Trust, and being MBF Young Artists in Residence at the Lake District Summer Music Festival.
They have enjoyed the mentorship of many eminent musicians, including members of the Takacs, Alban Berg, Smetana, La Salle, Endellion and Lindsay Quartets; and years of inspirational study with Dr. Christopher Rowland. As a group they believe in presenting unfamiliar works to new audiences, and their flair for communication brings new energy to established masterpieces. Actively enthusiastic about performing contemporary music, they have collaborated with Louis Andriessen on his first quartet, 'Facing Death', and with Hans Abrahamsen on his second quartet - an event broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 from The Royal Albert Hall as a part of the BBC Proms. In 2006 they joined forces with the country's leading contemporary music group Psappha in the European premiere of Steve Mackie's "Gaggle and Flock" for string octet.
Last November the Quartet won First Prize in the prestigious 2008 Tromp International Music Competition, Eindhoven, Holland; at the same time winning the Audience Prize, the Youth Jury Prize and the Willem Vos Prize for best performance of a Dutch composition in the second round. As part of their award they immediately embarked on a prize-winning tour of the Netherlands with recitals at major concert halls including the Concertgebouw. In April 2009 the Heath Quartet won 2nd Prize in the 4th International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition in Vienna(no 1st prize was awarded). A European tour took place in May with the winner of the Liszt International Competition, and the Quartet was invited to record at the Muziekcentrum Frits Philips in Eindhoven.
"..the music’s potency and bravura were conveyed with thrilling conviction." The Guardian
Tickets:£16 numbered seats and £10 unreserved (Students half price) Book Tickets
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