‘A band who live by their wits and produce something different each night’ fRoots

Boundary bending iyatraQuartet create original and virtuosic music for violin, cello, bass clarinet and percussion, combining a classical sensibility with an improvisational approach. Their debut album, This World Alone (5* Album Choice fRoots, 4* Songlines) was praised by violinist Nigel Kennedy as ‘beautiful… full of space and truth’. In 2019, he presented the band with the Kennedy-Kolodziejski Award.

‘iyatra’ derives from the Hindi word for travel or pilgrimage and the group embraces this sense of journey in their music. Drawing on backgrounds encompassing classical to experimental and Indian to folk musics, iyatraQuartet have forged a unique sound that is entirely collaborative. Every performance offers something different: innovation, intense energy and groove.