St. Petersburg String Quartet

The St. Petersburg Quartet is unquestionably one of the world's great chamber ensembles. Their rise to fame has included a Grammy nomination, "Best Record" honors in both Stereo Review and Gramophone, an opening night performance at Mostly Mozart at Lincoln Center, a five-year residency at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and hundreds of concerts on many of North America, Europe and Asia's most prestigious series and festivals.

Founded by graduates of the Leningrad Conservatory, the St. Petersburg String Quartet's prizes include: First Prize at the All-Soviet Union String Quartet Competition, Silver Medal and a Special Prize at the Tokyo International Competition of Chamber Ensembles, First Prize and both Special Prizes at the Vittorio Gui International Competition for Chamber Ensembles in Florence, Italy, and First Prize and the "Grand Prix Musica Viva" at the International Competition for Chamber Ensembles in Melbourne, Australia.

The Quartet has released the complete Shostakovich cycle on Hyperion (the disc of Shostakovich Quartets Nos. 5, 7 & 9 was awarded the Chamber Music America/WQXR Prize for Best Chamber Music CD of the Year). Other releases include, on the Delos label, Quartets Nos.1 & 2 by Prokofiev, the premiere recording of Quartet No.1 by Georgian composer Zurab Nadarejshvili, and a Glazunov CD featuring Quartet No.5 and the Five Novelettes. They have also recorded the two Borodin Quartets on the Dorian label.
"An impassioned performance . . . unassailable technique and intonation . . . an astonishingly calibrated range of voicings and dynamics . . . luscious tonal blend and phrasing that surged with ardor . . . breathtaking assurance and laugh-out-loud wit." -Washington Post
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