Recorded: Sep. 01, 2007
Venue: Eric Harvie Theatre, The Banff Centre, Banff, AB
Genres: Classical, Classical Chamber/Recital
Banff International String Quartet Competition - Beethoven or Schubert Round
Formerly the Penguin Quartet, formed in 1994, the ensemble won third prize and the audience prize at the 2006 London International String Quartet Competition, and became a laureate of the Prague Spring International Music Competition.
Currently assistant quartet in residence at the Music Academy in Basel, Switzerland, the quartet was a 2004 finalist in the Concert Artists Guild International Competition. They recently recorded a four-disc set of Dvořák’s early works for string quartet on the label Praga Digitals.
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