Presented by the Royal Academy of Music
Their playing described as “brilliant and well connected”, The Edenis Quartet, formed in 2020, comprises of students from the Royal Academy of Music. They receive regular coachings from their mentor John Myerscough, cellist of the Doric Quartet, through the Academy’s Advanced Specialist Strings Ensemble Training Scheme – a competitively selected programme for a small number of serious quartets, generously supported by the Frost Trust.
In 2020, they appeared as the solo quartet in Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro, performing with the Academy Sainsbury Soloists directed by Clio Gould. They have also performed in the Academy’s lunchtime recital series, playing Dvorak’s ‘American’ quartet and Beethoven’s ‘Harp’ quartet. In 2021, they had the privilege of playing for Dame Jenny Abramsky, where they performed Minna Keal’s Fantasy for String Quartet, a piece that has not been yet recorded. The Edenis Quartet have had multiple coachings with renowned musicians including members of the Carducci Quartet, Doric Quartet, London Haydn Quartet, Chilingirian Quartet (Levon Chilingirian) and Maggini Quartet (Martin Outram).
Last year, they were invited to Hatfield Chamber Music Festival where they performed alongside the Carducci Quartet, Guy Johnston, Brett Dean and Voces8 choir. They were invited back to perform for the launch of this year’s festival, giving an opening concert and a side-by-side performance of Brahms’s Sextet No 2 in G major with Guy Johnston, Magnus Johnston and James Boyd.