WORLDWIDE REPRESENTATIONRusquartet
“The performance given by the Rusquartet was serene, poignant and intense. The music grabbed you by the throat and that feeling remained with you throughout the performance.”
Introduction
“Rusquartet: a string quartet that has been making music at the pinnacle of string playing for more than 20 years.”
Rusquartet was founded in 2001 at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory under the tutelage of Galina Soboleva, cellist of the Prokofiev Quartet. The members of Rusquartet are DMA graduates of the conservatory and students of Dmitry Shebalin (violist of the Borodin Quartet).
In 2006, Rusquartet won first prize at the Rheinsberg Competition in honour of Shostakovich’s 100th anniversary. One year later, Rusquartet was selected as one of ten string quartets to participate in the prestigious Banff International String Quartet Competition. The quartet won first prize at the Shostakovich Competition in Moscow in 2008.
In Russia, the quartet released a CD featuring works by Taneyev and Shebalin. They started recording a set of 4 CDs for the Etcetera label in 2017, with music by Beethoven and Mozart plus Tchaikovsky’s complete oeuvre for string quartet as well as sextet, which met with tremendous acclaim.
Biography
Xenia Gamaris - violin
Anna Yanchishina - violin
Ksenia Zhuleva - viola
Peter Karetnikov - Cello
Rusquartet was founded in 2001 at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory under the tutelage of Galina Soboleva, cellist of the Prokofiev Quartet. The members of Rusquartet are DMA graduates of the conservatory and students of Dmitry Shebalin (violist of the Borodin Quartet).
Rusquartet has also participated in masterclasses given by members of the Borodin, Kopelman, Alban Berg, Artis, Schoenberg, Juilliard, Emerson, Cleveland and Takacs quartets. Henk Guittart (violist of the Schoenberg Quartet) is one of their principal mentors.
In 2006, Rusquartet won first prize at the Rheinsberg Competition in honour of Shostakovich’s 100th anniversary. One year later, Rusquartet was selected as one of ten string quartets to participate in the prestigious Banff International String Quartet Competition. The quartet won first prize at the Shostakovich Competition in Moscow in 2008.
The quartet’s repertoire is both extensive and diverse; it embraces music from many different styles and epochs. The musicians actively promote contemporary composers and rarely performed compositions. Besides the masterworks from the quartet canon, Rusquartet’s repertoire also includes works by Louis Andriessen, Andrei Eshpai, Mikhail Marutaev, Alexander Lokshin, Georges Onslow, Lex van Delden, Kelly-Marie Murphy, Steve Martland, Jonathan Dove and Olli Mustonen.
Rusquartet has collaborated with the Borromeo Quartet, Stephen Prutsman (piano), Andrés Díaz (cello), Charles Neidich (clarinet), Philippe Graffin (violin), the Glinka Quartet, Alan R. Kay (clarinet) and Hardy Rittner (piano).
In Russia, the quartet released a CD featuring works by Taneyev and Shebalin. They started recording a set of 4 CDs for the Etcetera label in 2017, with music by Beethoven and Mozart plus Tchaikovsky’s complete oeuvre for string quartet as well as sextet, which met with tremendous acclaim.
In 2016, Rusquartet was appointed the string quartet in residence of the Orlando Festival (The Netherlands), where they perform a wide selection of works from the quartet repertoire as well as other pieces of chamber music.
Programmes
programmes
Beethoven: Quartet No. 6 in B flat major, Op. 18 No. 6
Shostakovich: Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122
Tchaikovsky: Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 22
Weinberg: Quartet No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 27
Beethoven: 'Große Fuge' in B flat major, Op. 133
Brahms: Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51 No. 1
Beethoven: Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59 No. 1
Tchaikovsky: String Quartet Movement in B flat major
Zemlinsky: Quartet No. 4, Op. 25
Stravinsky: Concertino for String Quartet
Debussy: Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
Beethoven: Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131
Other repertoire available on request.
Media
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Beethoven - String Quartets Op. 59 Nos. 1 & 3
Quartet in F major, Op. 59 No. 1
III. Adagio molto e mesto (attaca subito) - IV. Thème russe. Allegro
Quartet in C major, Op. 59 No. 3 - II. Andante con moto quasi allegretto
Mozart - Requiem & Grande Sestetto Concertante
Requiem - Lacrimosa
Grande Sestetto Concertante - III. Presto
Tchaikovsky - String Quartets, volume 2
“The Rusquartet plays perfectly in tune. Flawlessly. [...] Everything falls into place! [...] This is a CD that wakes up lazy ears.” - Opus Klassiek – Siebe Riedstra
Quartet No. 3 in E flat minor, Op. 30 - IV. Finale. Allegro non troppo e risoluto
Oscar van Hemel - Chamber Music
Clarinet Quintet - I. Moderato
Tchaikovsky - String Quartets, volume 1
Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11 - I. Moderato e semplice
Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 22 - II. Allegro giusto
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