:Carducci String Quartet

The Carducci String Quartet is a string quartet based in the United Kingdom. It consists of Matthew Denton (violin), Michelle Fleming (violin), Eoin Schmidt-Martin, (viola), and Emma Denton (cello).{{Cite web|title=About the Carducci String Quartet – Carducci Quartet|url=https://carducciquartet.com/about/|access-date=2022-01-24|language=en-US}}

The ensemble first played in 1997. It covers a broad range, music with folk origins, classic quartets such as those of Haydn, new works, and they have built a reputation for complete Shostakovich cycles.{{Cite web|title=About the Carducci String Quartet – Carducci Quartet|url=https://carducciquartet.com/about/|access-date=2022-01-24|language=en-US}}

They are published on Carducci Classics,{{Cite web|title=Carducci Classics|url=https://www.discogs.com/label/629382-Carducci-Classics|access-date=2022-01-24|website=Discogs|language=en}} and on Naxos.{{Cite web|title=Carducci String Quartet- Bio, Albums, Pictures – Naxos Classical Music.|url=https://www.naxos.com/person/Carducci_String_Quartet/102314.htm|access-date=2022-01-24|website=www.naxos.com}}

They have received positive reviews of their performances from The Times{{Cite news|last=Franks|first=Rebecca|title=Carducci Quartet review — immaculate tuning, unshakeable tempos and sensitive dynamics|newspaper=The Times |language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/carducci-quartet-review-immaculate-tuning-unshakeable-tempos-and-sensitive-dynamics-7vtdfwkp7|access-date=2022-01-24|issn=0140-0460}} and The Guardian.{{Cite news|last=Guardian|title=Carducci Quartet/Shostakovich 15 review – truly extraordinary stamina in a musical marathon|newspaper=The Guardian |date=10 August 2015 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/10/carducci-quartet-shostakovich-15-review}}

Awards

The quartet has won international competitions including Concert Artists Guild International Competition USA 2007 {{Cite web|title=Past Winners|url=https://www.concertartists.org/competition-winners|access-date=2022-01-24|website=CAG|language=en-US}} and First Prize at Finland's Kuhmo International Chamber Music Competition 2004.{{Cite web|last=Kamarimusiikki|first=Kuhmon|title=Historia Kuhmon Kamarimusiikki|url=http://kuhmofestival.fi/historia|access-date=2022-01-24|website=kuhmofestival.fi}}

In 2016, they won the Royal Philharmonic Society Award for their Shostakovich Quartets.{{Cite web|title=Chamber Music and Song: Past Winners|url=https://royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/awards/rps_music_awards/latest-winners/past-winners/chamber-music-and-song|access-date=2022-01-24|website=Royal Philharmonic Society|language=en-GB}}

References

External Links

https://carducciquartet.com/