With a British violinist and cellist, a Finnish violinist and a French viola player, the Castalian String Quartet is well placed for an international career after being accepted by the Young Concert Artist Trust.

They have enjoyed a residency at the Britten-Pears School in Aldeburgh and have been chosen by Wigmore Hall to take a prominent role in its forthcoming Haydn quartet cycle. Early in 2018 the quartet were presented with the inaugural Merito String Quartet Award/Valentin Erben Prize and the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship Award in recognition of their achievements. In April 2019 they gave a five-concert tour of the USA and Canada ending at Lincoln Center for a concert in the Great Performers Series.

Program

Joseph Haydn: String quartet in G minor, Op. 20 No. 3

Ludwig van Beethoven: String quartet No. 9 in C major op. 59 no. 3

György Kurtág: Six Moments Musicaux op. 44

György Kurtag was born in Romania in 1926 and became a Hungarian national in 1948. He will celebrate his 99th birthday on 19 February 2025 and is universally recognised as the one of the world's leading contemporary composers.