This is full-blooded quartet playing in the grand, classic manner: extrovert andeloquent… hugely engaging music-making: BBC Music Magazine
The Escher String Quartet has received acclaim for its profound musical insight and rare tonal beauty. Championed by the Emerson String Quartet, the group was a BBC New Generation Artist from 2010-2012, giving debuts at both Wigmore Hall and BBC Proms at Cadogan Hall. In its home town of New York, the ensemble serves as Artists of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Centre.
Within months of its inception in 2005, the ensemble came to the attention of key musical figures worldwide. Championed by the Emerson Quartet, the Escher Quartet was invited by both Pinchas Zukerman and Itzhak Perlman to be Quartet in Residence at each artist’s summer festival: the Young Artists Programme at Canada’s National Arts Centre; and the Perlman Chamber Music Programme on Shelter Island, NY.
The Escher Quartet has made a distinctive impression throughout Europe,with recent debuts including the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Berlin Konzerthaus and Les Grands Interprètes series in Geneva. Last season also saw debuts at London’s Kings Place and Slovenian Philharmonic Hall in Ljubljana, and festival appearances at Dublin’s Great Music in Irish Houses and the Risør Chamber Music Festival in Norway.
In the current season, the quartet is undertaking further UK tours includingthe Wigmore Hall and making debuts at the Heidelberg Spring Festival and De Oosterpoort Groningen in the Netherlands. The ensemble is also renewing its collaboration with pianist Benjamin Grosvenor in a European tour including the Auditorium du Louvre in Paris.
This concert is supported by a Friend of the Celebrity Concerts
