Fibonacci Quartet
Please note that the quota of subsidised concerts for this artist, through the Countess of Munster Musical Trust, is now full. Bookings can still be made, with fees to be agreed directly with YCAT.
Programme 1
J. HAYDN
String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 76 No. 4
B. BARTÓK
String Quartet No. 4
Interval
SMETANA
String Quartet No. 1 'From my Life'
Programme 2
J. HAYDN
String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 76 No. 4
SCHULHOFF
Five Pieces
Interval
L.V. BEETHOVEN
String Quartet in C sharp minor, Op. 131
Programmes are samples only - amendments can be discussed directly with the Artist.
Biography
As the only ensemble to ever win both First and Audience prizes at the Premio Paolo Borciani International String Quartet Competition in Italy (2024), the Fibonacci Quartet are one of Europe's leading young string quartets. Originally formed at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, the Fibonaccis are a Resident Ensemble at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid with Günter Pichler and at the Dutch String Quartet Academy in Amsterdam. Following public finals at Wigmore Hall last May, they were selected to join the Young Classical Artist Trust (YCAT) roster.
During the 2024/25 season the Quartet will perform extensively throughout Europe, including concerts in the UK, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain and France. They will undertake residencies with ProQuartet in Paris and Britten Pears Arts in Aldeburgh, as well teaching and performing at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff in their position as Resident Quartet.
The Fibonacci Quartet are prolific prize winners and have received numerous awards including First Prize in the Royal Overseas League Chamber Music Competition, First Prize in the Cavatina Chamber Music Competition, The RPS Henderson Chamber Ensemble Award, First Prize in the International Triomphe de l’Art Competition in Belgium, The Kirckman Society Award, Audience Prize at the Schiermonnikoog Festival and Special Prizes of the Shostakovich Association in Paris and Peermusic in Hamburg.
Additionally, the Quartet regularly give radio and television broadcasts including on Dutch National Television, Dutch Concert Radio, BBC Radio 3 and RAI tv, Italy. They were honoured to work closely with Kaija Saariaho on a new recording of ‘Terra Memoria’ made at the Barbican as part of the BBC Total Immersion series.
The Fibonacci Quartet are generously supported by the Escuela Reina Sofía, the Hattori Foundation, the Cosman Keller Trust, The Frost Trust and Fondation Biermans-Lapôtre in Paris.
Kryštof Kohout - Violin
Luna de Mol - Violin
Elliot Kempton - Viola
Findlay Spence - Cello
