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.