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Charles Hennen Concours  

We were delighted to receive 2nd prize and the Barenreiter prize at the recent 2012 Charles Hennen International Chamber Music Competition held in Heerlen, Holland

 

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Following the recent auditions at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, we are delighted to have been offered a concert by the Manchester Midday Concert Society. This will take place at Bridgewater Hall during the 2012/2013 season

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We are incredibly grateful to the Musicians Benevolent Fund for granting us one of their 2011 Ensemble Awards. This will help us to fund our trips to the European Chamber Music Academy sessions over the forthcoming year

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We were extremely pleased to reach the semi final stage (six contestants) of the 2011 Beijing International String Quartet Competition. The jury consisted of eleven international chamber musicians from quartets such as the Artis, Vermeer and Alban Berg Quartets.

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Artis Quartet Prize

Having been fortunate to attend the ISA Prague/WIen/Budapest Sommerakademie we were thrilled to receive the Artis Quartet Prize given for an outstanding string quartet

 

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Following the pre-recorded selection process, we are extremely pleased to have been selected for the Beijing International String Quartet competition in September

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We are delighted to have been invited to perform at Cratfield for Blyth Valley Chamber Music following our recent concert at the Britten Studio Theatre in Snape with cellist Richard Harwood. Please follow the following link to read about us on their website

http://www.concertsatcratfield.org.uk/2011/03/28/sensational-young-quartet-to-play-at-cratfield/

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We are delighted to announce that cellist Joe Zeitlin has joined the quartet, replacing Magda Pietraszewska. We look forward very much to working with him in the future. New photos will appear shortly


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The Wu Quartet was delighted to appear live on ‘In Tune’ with Sean Rafferty. Please follow the following link to listen to the broadcast in which we perform works by Ligeti, Stephen Montague and Mendelssohn as well as talking about recent projects

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00yhv16/In_Tune_Friday_Sean_Rafferty/

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For more information please visit http://www.ecma-music.com

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