Oxshott & Cobham

The Elias String Quartet with Malin Broman, (Viola)

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Formed in 1998, at the Royal Northern College, this group of exceptionally talented artists, honed their skills as part of Ensemble 360 as resident String Quartet at Sheffield’s “Music in the Round,” taking over from the Lindsay Quartet.

BBC Music Magazine – “Newcomer of the Year, 2010”

In 2009 they were selected to join the prestigious BBC. New Generation Scheme, which, since it’s inception 12 years ago, has provided more than 80 of the world’s best young , talented, international soloists and groups with a wide-ranging programme of broadcast and performance opportunities over a two-year period.

Sunday Times- “The best young quartet ….in years…Clarity, economy, lyrical decisiveness, faultless technique.”

Their music has taken them across Europe, where they have performed in London, Paris, Stockholm, Amsterdam, to America and Boston’s Jordan Hall, to Australia, and performances in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide. Next year, their schedule will include, (apart from the many British and continental concerts), performances in Philadelphia, Vancouver, The Library of Congress, (Washington), and Carnegie Hall in New York.

Independent- “Sophisticated phrasing, subtle colouring"

They are joined for this concert, by Malin Broman, of the Kungsbacka Trio, and formerly, the Nash Ensemble, for a performance of the Mozart G minor String Quintet.

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Malin is a renowned violinist having won both the First Prize and the Audience Prize in the Washington International Competition for Strings in1994, and subsequently performed concerti with many continental and British orchestras. Equally at home with viola and violin, she is Professor of Viola at the Erdberg Institute of Music in Stockholm.

As a chamber musician, she has also performed with the Belcea Quartet, and the Leopold Trio, and will broadcast the Brahms Double Concerto with Steven Isserlis and the Swedish Radio Orchestra , conducted by Daniel Harding, this year. She is Guest Leader of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, and Leader of the Swedish Radio Symphony.

Programme

Janacek               String Quartet no. 1.“Kreutzer Sonata”

Beethoven            String Quartet Op. 135

Interval

Mozart                 String Quintet in G minor, K516

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