Uniquely, though, they have pushed back the boundaries of string quartet playing with exciting new commissions and bold collaborations with Elvis Costello and Björk, musicians who are perhaps better known in the rock and pop fields. It is this fiery passion for exploration and eagerness to embrace “all good music,” that has been the driving force behind their success and which has kept their approach fresh and their enthusiasm high for thirty years.

Pushing back the boundaries is not confined to their repertoire. While the tradition all over the world is for string quartets to perform sitting down the Brodsky Quartet plays standing up, making performances a unique experience.

The Brodsky Quartet has enjoyed working and performing with some of the world’s most outstanding musicians including Maria Joao Pires, Joanna MacGregor, Dimitri Ashkenazy and Anne Sofie von Otter. Working closely with composers John Tavener, Lutoslawski, Peter Sculthorpe, Django Bates, Julian Nott and Dave Brubeck, has given the quartet an unrivalled opportunity to influence and inspire some of the newest string quartet works.

The quartet is indebted to the Delfina Studio Trust for its ongoing support and generosity.

THE BRODSKY STRING QUARTET

Andrew Haveron [violin]
Ian Belton [violin]
Paul Cassidy [viola]
Jacqueline Thomas ['cello]

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