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The Carducci String Quartet is recognised today as one of Europe's top young string quartets. Half Irish, half British, they have won prizes at no less than 7 International Chamber Music Competitions. They were winners of the 2007 CAG competition in the USA, 1st prize winners at the 2004 Kuhmo International Chamber Music Competition in Finland, winners of the special prize for “Communication & Culture” at the 2005 Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition and winners of the Jury prize at the 2006 London International String Quartet Competition.
"...the Carducci String Quartet were stunning...they are clearly musicians of high intelligence."
The Times
"...the best of the nation's young professional talent..."
London Evening Standard
"The excellent Carducci String Quartet..."
The Sunday Times
"The Carducci String Quartet astonished with their ability and maturity...and gave a fine performance of Kurtag's Moments Musicaux, the London premiere..."
The Independent
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Member Since: 8/28/2006
Band Website: www.carducciquartet.co.uk
Band Members: Matthew Denton vln
Michelle Fleming vln
Eoin Schmidt-Martin vla
Emma Denton vlc

Record Label: Carducci Classics
Type of Label: Indie

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Carducci Quartet - Highnam Court, Glos

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Posted by on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:03:00 GMT

Carducci Quartet win in the USA

The Carducci Quartet has won the 2007 Concert Artists Guild International Competition in the USA. Following two rigorous auditions in New York the quartet was chosen from over 350 original applicants....
Posted by on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:15:00 GMT

Richard Carne Junior Fellowship

We are very excited to have started our Richard Carne Junior Fellowship at Trinity College of Music in London. It's great for us to carry on our relationship with TCM this year, giving concerts and ma...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:59:00 GMT

Irish Tour & Festivals

We were delighted when violinist, Catherine Leonard, invited us to perform three concerts at Kilkenny Festival last month. It was a lovely week and we so much enjoyed working with Julius Drake, Nichol...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:58:00 GMT

Collaborations and Verbier!

04/08/07 Collaborations and Verbier!June and July have been extremely busy months this year with some exciting new collaborations. Firstly we gave a performance of a rarely performed work - Warlock's ...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 03:24:00 GMT

Our first Festival!

10/06/07 Our First Festival!We began May with a tour of the Channel Islands. This was our first time there and we loved exploring each unique island and getting to know the locals! We then flew to Spa...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 03:25:00 GMT

CARDUCCI BABY!

Matt and Emma have become parents for the first time after the arrival of Charlie John on September 22nd. Apart from the lack of sleep, all three are doing well. From the middle of October Charlie wil...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 05:50:00 GMT

BULLDOG SCHOLARSHIP

We are very pleased to have been awarded the Bulldog Scholarship from Trinity College of Music for the next academic year. We look forward to many performance opportunities at Trinity (situated at the...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 15:47:00 GMT

SUMMER FESTIVALS

Our summer festival season started with a week at the West Cork Chamber Music Festival in the magnificent setting of Bantry House (pictured). We were fortunate enough to work with some amazing artists...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Sep 2006 04:11:00 GMT