Haydn Quartet in D minor, Op.42 (17')
Brahms Sextet in G, Op.36 (44')
Chausson Concerto in D for violin, piano and string quartet, Op.21 (40')
A celebration of 40 years of outstanding performances by the Chilingirian Quartet with this leading ensemble joined by friends and colleagues from around the world. Since LDSM was founded in 1985, this internationally-renowned quartet have been constant supporters - sharing their passion for music with festival audiences, and inspiring the next generation through our International Summer Music Academy. A feast of music-making.
Artist Profiles
The Chilingirian Quartet
Levon Chilingirian (violin)
Ronald Birks (violin)
Susie Mészáros (viola)
Philip De Groote (cello)
These four prizewinning musicians first met in London in 1971 and decided to dedicate themselves to chamber music. News of the quartet spread rapidly, and within a short time the quartet was claimed by London's critics to be an ensemble that would have a major impact.
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Kazuki Sawa (violin)
Kazuki Sawa graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts, before studying with Gyorgy Pauk and Bela Katona in London. He has won a number of prizes at international competitions with his pianist wife, Emiko Tadenuma, as well as the Ysaye Medal and a Gold Medal at the 1979 Bordeaux Festival.
In 1984-8, he worked in Japan, before returning later to study with members of the Amadeus Quartet, who inspired him to form the Sawa Quartet. In 2000/2001, they performed the Beethoven string quartet cycle, to celebrate their 10th anniversary.
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Garfield Jackson (viola)
Garfield Jackson was born in London into a family of jazz trumpet players with a wide-ranging appreciation of music. He began violin studies at the age of seven with Beryl Morreau, a viola student of Lionel Tertis and a founder member of the McNaghten String Quartet. After only eighteen months he was accepted as a pupil at the then recently formed Yehudi Menuhin School and began studying the viola, alongside his violin. Entering the Royal Academy of Music on a scholarship, he concentrated on the viola with Peter Schidlof and Stephen Shingles.
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Robert Cohen (cello)
Following his RFH debut at the age of 12, Robert Cohen followed with a recording of the Elgar Cello Concerto which earned a silver disc, placing him at the forefront of his musical generation. The concert hall remains Cohen's first love - world wide, and his enthusiasm for chamber music provides the bedrock of the Charleston Manor Festival, which he has directed since 1989.
Cohen's passionate views on communicating music have been widely broadcast and published. He is a Professor at the RAM and the Lugano Conservatorium.
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Emiko Tadenuma (piano)
After finishing her MA at the Tokyo University of the Arts with Premier Grand Prix "Ataka Award", Emiko Tadenuma visited London to study with Maria Curcio. In 1983, she won the 3rd prize at the Munich International Competition for violin-piano duo together with her husband, Kazuki Sawa.
In 1996, to celebrate 20 years' anniversary as a violin-piano duo, Emiko and Kazuki gave a series of recitals in major Japanese cities, London and Munich, which were highly acclaimed.
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