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Iskra

iskrastringquartet

About Me

Iskra means 'a spark to ignite everything'.
Iskra is a group of string players enjoying playing music together regardless of genre. We have performed to thousands of people at the Royal Albert Hall and to 30 people in an old cow shed. We have performed various concerts and festivals across Europe with icelandic electronic/classical composer Johann Johannsson. We have been honorary Illinoisemakers with Sufjan Stevens for a week. We have got our fingers around some very fast strings parts with Vampire Weekend. We have also provided considerate loving for Paul Frith and accompanied My Brightest Diamond in London.
In 2005 we released our debut classical album, Sanctuary. Watch out for a collaborations EP and some reinterpretations of Minotaur Shock tracks during 2008.
For bookings for live performances or sessions contact James Underwood via our profile page.Individually Iskra members have a wealth of session experience and have worked with artists such as Paul McCartney, Ronan Keating, Sinead O'Conner, Divine Comedy, Suede, Travis, Courtney Pine etc.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/15/2006
Influences: J.S Bach, Dvorak, Haydn, Messiaen, Arvo Part, Brian Eno, Bjork, Final Fantasy, Sufjan Stevens, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Minotaur Shock
Sounds Like: a string quartet
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Photos-My Brightest Diamond

I've just been updating the Flickr account and have uploaded some photos from last week's concert at The Slaughtered Lamb with My Brightest Diamond. Iskra were joined by the wonderful Olivier Manchon-...
Posted by Iskra on Wed, 07 May 2008 02:13:00 PST

Photos-Johann Johannsson, Les Grandes Traversees Festival

Click here to check out some photos from our performance with Johann Johannsson at The Grandes Traversees Festival in Bordeaux last year....
Posted by Iskra on Wed, 07 May 2008 02:05:00 PST

BBC Radio 2 Session - Vampire Weekend

Last night the string quartet travelled to Manchester and back to perform with Vampire Weekend on the Radcliffe & Maconie show. You can listen for another week by clicking here: Vampire Weekend Sessio...
Posted by Iskra on Thu, 01 May 2008 01:31:00 PST

Tour Photos

Click here to check out photos from Iskra's recent european tour with icelandic electronic/classical artist Johann Johannsson....
Posted by Iskra on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 07:05:00 PST

Man With The Shiny Banjo

Click here to check out a very distorted and blurry video of the quartet playing with a guy with a shiny banjo accompanied by the Iskra String Quartet....
Posted by Iskra on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 06:57:00 PST