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27 March 2027Time 7:30pm.
Tickets £20, students half-price. |
Concert Programme
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: String Quartet No.2 Op.26
Dani Howard: New Work written for Solem Quartet
Interval
Dvorak: Quartet in G major Op.106
Dani Howard: New Work written for Solem Quartet
Interval
Dvorak: Quartet in G major Op.106
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Solem Quartet
Praised for their “immaculate precision and spirit” (The Strad) and “cultured tone” (Arts Desk), the Solem Quartet has established itself as one of the most innovative and adventurous quartets of its generation. A 2020 awardee of the Jerwood Arts Live Work Fund, the Solem Quartet takes its place amongst some of the UK’s brightest artistic voices. Since winning the Royal Over-Seas League Ensemble Competition 2014, the Solem Quartet has built a strong following. They enjoy a busy concert schedule, ranging from international tours in Asia and Europe to performances at major UK venues including Wigmore Hall and Royal Festival Hall.
The Quartet takes pride in creating original and exciting work, bringing the string quartet genre to unexpected places; this approach has seen them collaborating with Ayanna Witter-Johnson at Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, playing Beethoven and Britten at Picturehouse Cinemas to bring Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Lobster” to life, and performing a lecture-recital of Steve Reich’s Different Trains with broadcaster Tom Service.
As proud advocates of new music, the Quartet has worked closely with many of today’s leading composers, including Thomas Adès, Anna Meredith, Edmund Finnis, William Marsey and Bushra El-Turk. In recent times, the Quartet has given world premieres of Ryan Latimer’s Spinfall; LENCTEN, by Master of the King’s Music Errollyn Wallen; and Laurence Osborn’s Lakes, Mists, Bats, Daggers, and Fountains at Wigmore Hall. In 2021 they gave the UK premiere of Jonny Greenwood’s Quartet Suite from “There Will be Blood” at the V&A Museum.
The Quartet takes pride in creating original and exciting work, bringing the string quartet genre to unexpected places; this approach has seen them collaborating with Ayanna Witter-Johnson at Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, playing Beethoven and Britten at Picturehouse Cinemas to bring Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Lobster” to life, and performing a lecture-recital of Steve Reich’s Different Trains with broadcaster Tom Service.
As proud advocates of new music, the Quartet has worked closely with many of today’s leading composers, including Thomas Adès, Anna Meredith, Edmund Finnis, William Marsey and Bushra El-Turk. In recent times, the Quartet has given world premieres of Ryan Latimer’s Spinfall; LENCTEN, by Master of the King’s Music Errollyn Wallen; and Laurence Osborn’s Lakes, Mists, Bats, Daggers, and Fountains at Wigmore Hall. In 2021 they gave the UK premiere of Jonny Greenwood’s Quartet Suite from “There Will be Blood” at the V&A Museum.
Amy Tress
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Violinist Amy Tress is a chamber musician and recording artist whose wide-ranging work stretches fluidly across classical and contemporary genres.
A ‘brilliantly adaptable’ player (The Strad), she has been described as performing ‘poetically’ (The Arts Desk) and with ‘demonstrative charm’ (The Scotsman). Alongside her role as first violinist of the Solem Quartet, she records frequently for film and TV, from major franchises like Marvel Studios and “The Matrix” to soundtracks by Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood, with whom she has also appeared in recital. |
William Newell
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William Newell enjoys a wide-ranging career centred around chamber music. Aside from his work with the Quartet, Will is Principal second violin of Manchester Camerata, hailed by The Times as “Britain’s most adventurous orchestra”.
Recent highlights have included recording Mozart piano concertos with Jean-Efflam Bavouzet and legendary Artistic Director Gábor Takács-Nagy, The Four Seasons with Daniel Pioro and Michael Morpurgo, and performing alongside Camerata principals as soloist in Tippett's Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli. |
Stephen Upshaw
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American violist Stephen Upshaw regularly appears in festivals around the world including the BBC Proms, Aldeburgh, Lucerne, Huddersfield, Aix-en-Provence, Wien Modern and Glastonbury, where he recently collaborated with Max Richter and Tilda Swinton.
Much in demand as a chamber musician, he has shared the stage with artists such as Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Tai Murray, the JACK Quartet, Gary Hoffman, Jess Gillam, Elena Urioste, Jennifer Stumm and Garth Knox. Recent engagements have taken him to The Paris Philharmonie, London’s Barbican, Wigmore and Royal Festival Halls, Tokyo Opera City, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and Amsterdam’s Muziekgebouw and Concertgebouw. |
Stephanie Tress
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Stephanie Tress, a founding member of the Solem Quartet, is a leading chamber musician and champion of contemporary music.
Aside from the quartet, she is a member of the House of Bedlam, an experimental ensemble who have recently appeared at Kings Place and Aldeburgh Festival. Their concerts often involve improvisation and performance art (highlights have included jumping on a trampoline while trying to sing a Latin text, and consuming a graphic score made of marshmallows). Steph is also a member of the newly-formed ECCE, a cello trio set to give its debut at Wigmore Hall and release an album of mostly renaissance choral music with Delphian in 2026. Elsewhere recent performance highlights include Michael Gordon’s ‘Industry’ for solo cello and live electronics at Hidden Notes Festival with Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood on distortion pedal. |
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