Atrium Quartet, Quartet

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One of the most inspiring, dynamic and charismatic ensembles on the musical scene, the Russian-born Atrium Quartet have established themselves as performers of deep emotion, intellect, virtuosity and technical brilliance.  They have performed throughout Europe, Russia, the US, Australia, Japan and Brazil, and currently reside in Berlin.

Founded in 2000 in St Petersburg under the inspiration of Professor Josef Levinson, the Quartet graduated from the St Petersburg Conservatoire and then completed their education as a quartet-in-residence in Amsterdam coached by Prof. Stefan Metz at the NSKA and in Hochschule fur Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin with Prof. Eberhard Feltz.  The Quartet has also been coached by renowned musicians from the Alban Berg Quartet, Vermeer Quartet, and by Marc Danel.                                                                                                        

The Atrium has won two of the most prestigious international competitions for String Quartet: First prize and Audience Prize of the 9th London International String Quartet Competition in 2003 and Grand-Prix of the 5th International String Quartet Competition in Bordeaux in 2007.

Recent highlights have included recitals at the Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall in London, Library of Congress in Washington, Frick Museum in New York, Les Invalides in Paris, De Doelen in Rotterdam, Conservatoire du Geneva, Palau Musica Catalana and L'Auditori in Barcelona, Philharmonic Hall and Mariinsky Hall in St Petersburg, Toppan Hall and Oji Halls in Tokyo, among others. They have appeared at prestigious festivals in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Hungary, Switzerland, and Iceland. 

Teaching has become another important part of the Quartet’s activities as they share their experience with young musicians from the UK, USA, Japan, Brazil and Russia. Since June 2012, the Quartet has been the quartet-in-residence at the Sunflower Music Festival in Topeka, KS

The Atrium Quartet’s discography includes CDs with works by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, and Beethoven recorded by EMI Classics, Zig-Zag Territories and RCM Classics. The Quartet recorded all 4 string quartets of Spanish composer Jordi Cervello, two of whose quartets were dedicated to the members of the quartet.

In 2013, the Quartet introduced the first ever Shostakovich Marathon, performing all of Shostakovich’s 15 quartets in one day in concert halls in Iceland, Japan, France and Russia.  The next marathons are planned for 2015 and 2016 in Germany, the Netherlands and the USA.  During the 2014-2015 season, the Atrium is celebrating the 175th anniversary of the birth of Peter Tchaikovsky with a new, one of a kind, project: the Tchaikovsky Mini-Fest.  The entire collection of chamber music written by the Russian genius will be performed in a single day.