– Joanne Talbot, The Strad, May 2009
The Jerusalem Quartet continue to be both regular and popular visitors to major venues throughout the world. This season, they return to London to perform a series of concerts at the Wigmore Hall and the BBC Proms. Other European dates include appearances at major concert halls such as the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, the Herkulessaal in Munich and the Tonhalle in Zurich.
With a growing reputation in North America they have played in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Cleveland and Washington. Furthermore, they are quartet-in-residence at Musica Viva Australia and at the Centro Cultural Miguel Delibes in Valladolid, Spain.
The Jerusalem Quartet appear in a special project under the title “Mozart Plus” which takes place at the Wigmore Hall throughout the 2009/10 season focusing on string quartets and quintets by Mozart. They will be joined by violist Lawrence Power and will repeat this programme in Europe including Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Munich and Zurich.
The Jerusalem Quartet have an exclusive recording contract with Harmonia Mundi and their recordings have been awarded numerous prizes. Their latest recording of Haydn’s String Quartets (Vol.2) received the Diapason d’Or Arte while their earlier recording, Schubert’s Death and the Maiden and Quartettsatz won an ECHO Classic Award in 2009 and was Editor’s Choice in the July 2008 edition of Gramophone Magazine. Their Shostakovich String Quartet disc won the chamber category of the 2007 BBC Music Magazine Awards.
In 2003 the Quartet were recipients of the first Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award. They were also part of the first ever BBC New Generation Artists scheme from 1999 to 2001.
Biography
Jun: 07 Quartet wins VSCD Music Prize
Nov 06: Canadian success for Jerusalem Quartet
May 06: a new Dvorak recording
