Formed in 2002, the Navarra String Quartet was selected for representation by the Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) from 2006 to 2010 and has been awarded the MIDEM Classique Young Artist Award, a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship, the Dutch Kersjespreis, a Musica Viva tour, and prizes at the Banff, Melbourne and Florence International String Quartet Competitions.
The quartet has appeared at major venues throughout the world including Wigmore Hall, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the Konzerthaus Berlin, as well as international festivals and the BBC Proms. The quartet collaborates with numerous eminent artists, and has been the dedicatee of new commissions by Simon Rowland-Jones, Joseph Phibbs and Manuel Hidalgo.
Highly acclaimed recordings include Haydn’s Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross (Altara) and an album of Pēteris Vasks’ first three String Quartets (Challenge Classics), recorded while working closely with the composer himself, which was nominated for the Schallplattenkritik Award. More recent recordings include an album for NMC featuring the music of Joseph Phibbs and Love & Death (Orchid Classics).
Since 2014, the quartet has been in charge of the artistic vision of the Chamber Music Weesp. The ensemble plays on a variety of fine instruments which include an unknown, old English viola and a Grancino cello made in Milan in 1698, generously on loan from the Cruft-Grancino Trust which is administered by The Royal Society of Musicians.
For more information, visit www.rayfieldallied.com/artists/navarra-string-quartet.
Photo: Mircea Belei
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