The award-winning Mercury Quartet comprises four rising stars of the
UK's contemporary music scene: Vlad Maistorovici (violin), Harry
Cameron-Penny (clarinet), Colin Alexander (cello) and Antoine Françoise
(piano). Performing either as a quartet or alongside internationally
renowned guest artists, they perform classic works of the 20th century
alongside improvisations, live compositions, new commissions and unknown
masterpieces.
Recent projects have included the recording of
their Debut CD on the Non-Classical label, and performances of
Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire with Julian Jacobson (London/O ford) and
Linda Hirst (Dartington) and Elliot Carter's Triple Duo in London,
Dartington, Oxford and France. Recently they worked with Israeli
composer Nimrod Katzir, premiering his recent composition 'AZZA' in
Switzerland. They have also recorded for and broadcast on the Swiss
station 'Radio de la Suisse Romande' and were invited to appear and
perform on BBC Radio 3's 'In Tune' show.
The Mercury Quartet was
formed at the Royal College of Music (RCM) to realise a shared passion
for Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time. They have performed across
the UK and abroad, including the Jacqueline Du Pré Music Building,
Holywell Music Rooms, Sheldonian Theatre (Oxford), St.
Martin-in-the-Fields, St James's Piccadilly, The National Gallery
(London), The Great Hall (Dartington), as guest artists at the Dinan
Conservatoire de Musique (France) and at Festival des Jardins Musicaux
(Cernier, Switzerland). They also won a place as artists to be
represented by Concordia Foundation in 2007. The Quartet have appeared
as artists in such festivals as 'The Chelsea Schubert Festival' (2008),
'The Rosemary Branch Festival' (2009), 'The Vienna City of Dreams'
Philharmonia and Esa-Pekka Salonen Festival (2009) and Dartington
International Summer School (2010).
The Quartet's commitment to
contemporary music has seen them give workshops and premiere many
different pieces. In 2009 they visited Kings College London to work with
and perform the compositions of the Doctorate students of George
Benjamin and in the Summer of 2010 they were resident artists at
Dartington International Summer School where they workshopped and
performed the compositions of Julian Anderson's advance composition
class, as well as coaching a student ensemble on Pierrot Lunaire.
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