Atrium String Quartet
The ATRIUM STRING QUARTET is the first Quartet from Russia
which has won the two most important International Competitions
for String Quartets. They first rose to international prominence
in April 2003 when they won the First Prize and the Audience
Prize in the London International String Quartet Competition
which was held at the prestigious Wigmore Hall, when they
made their debut on BBC Radio 3 with a performance of the
Fifth String Quartet of Shostakovich. On top of that they
made their debut CD recording for EMI Classics
Recently the jury of the 5th International String Quartet
Competition in Bordeaux 2007 in France unanimously awarded
them the Premier Grand Prix and the Prix MMSG.
The Quartet was founded in the autumn of 2000 in the St
Petersburg Conservatoire under the inspiration of Professor
Joseph Levinson, cellist of the celebrated Taneyev Quartet.
They received coaching from members of the Alban Berg Quartet,
the Vermeer Quartet, and the Danel Quartet and also from
Professor Eberhard Feltz, Berlin. Important steps of Atrium
Quartet's development were second prizes at International
Competitions in Moscow (2001), Cremona (2002) and Weimar
(2002). Resulting from the Weimar competition the Atrium
quartet realized the recording of Quartets by Shostakovich
and Debussy for MDR in Leipzig.

Since winning the London International String Quartet Competition,
their international career has blossomed with recitals at
the Beethoven Festival, Schwetzingen Festival, Aix-en-Provence
Festival and Orlando Festival. Concert tours are taking
place in Germany, Italy, France, Denmark, Spain, the Netherlands
and in the UK.
Since February 2006 till March 2007, the Atrium Quartet
was resident at the Dutch String Quartet Academy, where
they have received coaching from Stefan Metz, founder and
cellist of the Orlando Quartet.
The Atrium Quartet currently resides in Berlin, Germany.
In season 2007-2008 Atrium Quartet will release new CD
with music of Beethoven and Shostakovich in France. The
Quartet will appear in major Festivals in Germany (Schleswig-Holstein,
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), Switzerland (Davos), Festivals
in France and the UK. In 2009 Quartet invited for a first
debut tour in USA, including concerts in Washington, New
York and Chicago.