Gildas Quartet

The Gildas Quartet is a British string quartet.

History

The Gildas Quartet formed at the Royal Northern College of Music in 2011. They have studied with Oliver Wille, Robin Ireland, and Catherine Manson, and have also benefited from masterclasses from Alfred Brendel, Paul Cassidy, Gabor Takacs Nagy, and András Keller, among others.^[citation needed]

They have performed at major venues such as the Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall (via video) and Purcell Room. In 2013 they performed live on BBC Radio 3 program In Tune.[1]

The Gildas Quartet were semi-finalists at the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition in 2018.[2]

Affiliations

The quartet are City Music Foundation Artists[3] and Associate Ensemble at the Birmingham Conservatoire.[4]

Members

The Quartet consists of Christopher Jones, Gemma Sharples (violin), Kay Stephen (viola) and Anna Menzies (cello).

References

1. "The Full English, Gildas String Quartet, Thomas Carroll, Anthony Hewitt, In Tune – BBC Radio 3". BBC. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
2. "2018 Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition". ABC Classic. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
3. Design, David Hughes. "City Music Foundation". Retrieved 7 October 2019.
4. "Ensembles". Birmingham City University. Retrieved 7 October 2019.

External links

• Official website