Orava Quartet
The Orava Quartet was founded in 2007. They has been invited to perform in Canada, the United States, Arabia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and the Philippines; they have also played for Queen Sofia of Spain and Pope Benedict XVI. As a graduate of the University of Colorado String Quartet, Orava Quartet was very fortunate to work closely with the famous Takacs Quartet from 2012 to 2014。
During this period, they also participated in the Julia Quartet ’s annual quartet seminar held in New York, and conducted large-scale tours in the National Museum in Washington, DC, USA.
"the future stars of Australian chamber music, and their strength is beyond doubt." - The Australian reported
"Best Australian Repertoire Award" and "Australian Tony Berg Award" - In 2013, they won two awards in the Melbourne Asia Pacific Chamber Music International Competition
Babylon Quartet
The Babylon Quartet is a combination of vitality and innovative ideas that is redefining and challenging the concept of "quartet". Their rich repertoire covers countless composers and various styles: from Haydn to Stravinsky; from Beethoven to Britton; from Beatles to radio commander, They even blended electronics, dance, drama, and visual effects into contemporary works.
In 2015, the Babylonian Quartet won the Chamber Music Award from the De Doelen Concert Hall in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Subsequently, they were successively accepted by several famous European concert halls such as Amsterdam Concert Hall, Rotterdam De Doelen Concert Hall, Utrecht Tivoli Friedenburg Concert Hall, Porto Concert Hall, Vienna Haydn Concert Hall, Vilnius Museum Waiting for an invitation.
Duo Damaard
The Duo Damgaard-Gryesten is one of the most important duo groups in Northern Europe. They have been invited to perform in important concert halls and music festivals in Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Vietnam, etc. Cultural Center, Hanoi Concert Hall, Copenhagen Summer Music Festival, Copenhagen Radio, Wendsell Music Festival, etc.
The Damgaard-Gryesten duo are two excellent soloists. Damgaard won the first prize in the Jakob Gade violin competition, and Gryesten won the Nordic piano competition. As soloists and chamber music players, the two musicians have performed in every important concert hall in Denmark and have toured in many European countries.
"House music lovers will love this album, the performance of two outstanding musicians enthusiastically ... an album worthy of repeated appreciation"
-Denmark "Jutland Post"
Trio Khnopff
Originating from a common love for the Belgian symbolist painter Fernand Khopff, the three artists decided to set up the trio in 2014 and named it as Trio Khnopff.
The Trio Khnopff were taught at the most prestigious music schools in Europe: Queen Elizabeth Conservatory of Music in Belgium, the Royal College of Music in London, the Conservatory of Music in Bern, Switzerland, the Mons College of Music in Belgium, and the Brussels Conservatory of Music. They has won many awards in the field, performing and recording around the world.
Girard Quartet
Girard Quartet was born of a shared passion brought to life by family performances of chamber music from a very early age.
At the present time, they are quartet in residence at the Queen Elisabeth of Belgium’s Royal Chapel, where they benefit from close contact with the Artemis Quartet. They are also supported by the Singer-Polignac Foundation.
The Girard Quartet play with internationally renowned musicians such as Philippe Bernold, Maurice Bourgue, Miguel da Silva, Nicolas Dautricourt, etc. Regularly invited by France Musique and by Radio Classique, they also collaborate with Jean-François Zygel. Their first album on the Discophiles Français label was lauded by music critics (Choix de France Musique, Qobuzissime).
“The Girard Quartet is formed entirely of Girards, and I gather there are five more at home. It is easy to put the members' unanimity of ensemble down to their familial closeness, but there was extraordinary singularity and shared purpose to their playing as they opened Haydn's op.76 no.5 in D major with elegant simplicity and continued with genuine authority. They are also extremely good -the finale hared along. Schumann's A minor Quartet op.41 no.1 was beautifully paced and shaped, with a natural ebb and flow. After a powerful account of the Akshelyan, I left the day thinking this was the quartet to beat.”
-Tim Homfray, The Strad
“Magic trick. This is the case of the Girard quartet, who started the evening with two movements of Maurice Ravel's String Quartet. Remarkable in the mutual listening as in the individual speech, these young chambermasters perfectly restore the paradoxical texture of a work that blisters hot and cold, in the manner of a volcano in activity that would be covered with a pack ice resized by A master glass-maker!”
-Le Monde
Notos Quartet
The Notos Quartet is regarded as one of the "outstanding chamber music formations of our time“ (Fono Forum 9/2017). Besides this piano quartet’s „virtuosic brilliance and technical perfection“ audiences and critics worldwide celebrate the Notos Quartet for its „sense of balance and ensemble playing revealing every detail of the composition“ and praise the musicians for their „profound musicality that goes straight to the heart“.
Since founding the ensemble in 2007 the Notos Quartet has won numerous first prizes at international competitions around the world, including the Schoenfeld International String Competition in China, the Almere International Chamber Music Competition and Charles-Hennen-Concours in Holland, the Premio Vittorio Gui in Italy and the Parkhouse Award in London.
„The Notos Quartet is a fantastic ensemble!” - Zubin Mehta
„Phenomenal, this is true musicianship.” - Lynn Harrell
„the finest chamber music performance I have heard anywhere“
Classical Voice North America, Robert Markow
