The Calidore String Quartet

The Calidore String Quartet plays Beethoven

The Calidore String Quartet RETURNS to Portico for the first time in almost 10 years bringing an all Beethoven programme that will coincidentally be recorded by BBC Radio 3 for its prestigious Evening Concert slot.  Recognised as one of the world’s foremost quartets, their repertory ranges from the cycles of quartets by Beethoven and Mendelssohn to works of celebrated contemporary voices like György Kurtág, Jörg Widmann, and Caroline Shaw. 

For more than a decade, the Calidore has enjoyed performances and residencies in the world’s major venues and festivals, released multiple critically acclaimed recordings and won numerous awards. Apart from Portico the Calidore has appeared in the Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Wigmore Hall, Berlin Konzerthaus, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Brussels BOZAR and at countless major festivals.  

The Calidore String Quartet plays the following instruments:

• Jeffrey Myers plays on a violin by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini  c. 1775 “Eisenberg,” owned by a private benefactor and bows by Dominique Peccatte and Francois Tourte. 
• Ryan Meehan plays a violin by Vincenzo Panormo c.1775 and a bow by Joseph Henry.
• Jeremy Berry plays a viola by Umberto Muschietti c.1903 and a bow by Pierre Simon. 
• Estelle Choi plays a cello by Charles Jacquot c.1830

View the programme here

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