“deep reserves of virtuosity and irrepressible dramatic instinct.”

new york times

“The players have clearly thought long and hard about these masterpieces of the string quartet repertoire, and they have produced performances that can stand comparison with the best.”

BBC Music Magazine

“Approaching [...] the kind of sublimity other quartets spend a lifetime searching.”

– los angeles times

“This is an ensemble as capable of whipping up storms as enchanting us with breathless moments of utter magic.”

the scotsman

After over a decade of performances and residencies in the world’s most esteemed venues and festivals, the release of numerous critically acclaimed recordings and lauded with significant awards, the Calidore String Quartet is recognized as one of the world’s foremost interpreters of a vast repertory; from the cycles of quartets by Beethoven and Mendelssohn to works of celebrated contemporary voices like Grygory Kurtag, Jörg Widmann and Caroline Shaw.

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February 19, 2025
2pm

Palm Beach State College

Duncan Theatre
Lake Worth, FL

BEETHOVEN String Quartet No.10, op.74, E-flat Major (Harp)
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, "Serioso", Op. 95
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No.12, op.127, E-flat Major

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February 25, 2025

Warsaw Philharmonic

Warsaw, Poland

SCHUBERT   String Quartet No. 12 in C minor, D. 703, "Quartettsatz"
MOZART  Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478
SCHUMANN  Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44

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February 28, 2025
8pm

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

The Concert Hall
Humlebaek, Denmark

SCHUBERT   String Quartet No. 12 in C minor, D. 703, "Quartettsatz"
MOZART  Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478
SCHUMANN  Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44

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latest album

Beethoven Quartets, Vol. 3: The Early String Quartets

The third and final installment in their award-winning series, the Calidore Quartet return with a three-disc release of Beethoven Early Quartets. Their previous Beethoven recordings have been described as ‘highly collectible’ by BBC Music Magazine. The first album of Late Quartets won the Chamber Music Award at the BBC Music Magazine Awards 2024, and the second awarded Recording of the Month by Gramophone Magazine. “Our interpretation speaks to the influences of our teachers and the great traditions associated with this repertoire, but also to that of our own generation, contemporary research, style and experience. Though this music speaks in a language that is hundreds of years old, its message remains immediate, relevant and comforting to listeners of today and of generations to come even, and especially, in the most challenging of times”.

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Acclaim
January 25, 2025

Gramophone

BEETHOVEN The Early Quartets (Calidore Quartet)

The Calidore Quartet, whose comprehensively insightful performances of these six masterpieces tend more towards prophecy of future innovators (Beethoven himself most of all) than reflections of, say, Haydn or Mozart... Hopefully a complete box-set will be forthcoming before too long and when that appears it’ll prove a strong contender...
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