Notting Hill Mayfest - Brodowski Quartet 7.30pm start tickets and listings

The quartet members, originating from Germany, Wales, Scotland and England are currently based in London. They are currently 'Associate Artists' at the Anvil Concert Hall in Basingstoke. Last year they were recipients of the Richard Carne Fellowship for Chamber Ensembles at Trinity College of Music, where they previously held the Bulldog Scholarship for String Quartet.

The Quartet won the Second Prize at the 2009 'Gaetano Zinetti' International Chamber Music Competition in Italy, also winning the Special Award of 'Artists in Residence' for 2010. In 2008 they were selected as Park Lane Group Young Artists, giving a critically acclaimed recital at the Purcell Room in London, their playing being described as 'open and honest', The Times. In 2007 they were winners of the Val Tidone International Chamber Music Competition in Italy and were also prize winners in the Charles Hennen International Chamber Music Competition in the Netherlands broadcast on Radio 4 Netherlands.

Since formation they have enjoyed performing in some of the foremost venues in the UK such as the Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Barbican Hall, Purcell Room, the Edinburgh Festival and Brighton Festival, where they won the latest7 magazine award for 'Best Classical Music Act 2009'. They have performed extensively throughout Europe, notably in the Kronberg Festival, Orlando Festival and held a residency in Anghiari, Italy. The Quartet has performed live on BBC Radio3 and this season sees them returning to perform at the Wigmore Hall.

The Quartet is dedicated to educational work, giving concerts in association with the Philharmonia Education Department, Anvil Arts and the Cavatina Chamber Music Trust whose invaluable work increases awareness of Chamber Music amongst young people.

The quartet are delighted to be selected artists for the Making Music Concert Promoters' Network for the 2010-11 season.

“The brilliant Brodowski are a group to watch out for”

The Independent

“a foursome to watch, up and coming young quartet”

The Times - one of six young international quartets named in this category as part of an article on the retirement of the Alban Berg Quartet.

''These virtuosic young players demonstrated the flare with which they tackle the most challenging of works''

The Strad Magazine

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