The Carsaig Quartet play Webern, Janáček and Haydn

The Programme
Webern: Five Movements for String Quartet, op 5
Janáček: String Quartet no 1, JW VII/8 (“Kreutzer Sonata”)
Haydn: String Quartet in D major, op 76 no 5, Hob III:79
The Carsaig Quartet
Juliette Roos (violin)
Charlotte Spruit (violin)
Miguel Sobrinho (viola)
Findlay Spence (cello)
The Carsaig Quartet was established in 2019, bringing together four award-winning young musicians from the UK, the Netherlands, and Portugal. (The quartet is named after an exceptionally beautiful cove in the Western Isles of Scotland, close to where its members first met and played together.)
Following performances alongside the Doric String Quartet at the Mendelssohn on Mull Festival, the Carsaig Quartet began to establish itself with engagements across the UK. The quartet is closely mentored by the Doric Quartet, David Waterman and Alina Ibragimova, and has taken part in several projects arranged by Richard Ireland’s ChamberStudio in London.
The Carsaig Quartet has been selected as Kirckman Artists in 2021-22 and is set to make its major London debut later in the year. (The Kirckman Concert Society promotes young artists of exceptional talent.) As an official selection of the McGill International String Quartet Academy in Montreal, the quartet also has the opportunity to study with members of the Alban Berg, Artemis and Ebene quartets.
This season sees the Carsaig Quartet performing at the Chipping Campden Chamber Music Festival, Conway Hall and Romsey Chamber Music Festival as well as the Holywell Music Room, and it has been re-invited for a major residency in association with the Mendelssohn on Mull Festival. This includes performances throughout the year across Scotland. Its selection Musethica artists will see the quartet perform throughout Europe in a wide range of venues, from concert halls to schools and prisons.
The Carsaig Quartet has appeared at several London venues including St Martin-in-the-Fields and has had a performance broadcast and been interviewed on National German Radio Upcoming tours include dates in the Netherlands and Portugal.
The quartet has worked with luthiers at WE Hill & Sons to ‘premiere’ a new quartet of instruments. It is privileged to perform on exceptional instruments by Rocca, Grancino, and Robert Brewer Young.
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