Reviews

By Adriana Draghici On the 17th of February, 2014, the ACMC were thrilled to welcome the distinguished Doric Quartet back to a packed Cowdray Hall in Aberdeen. The young string players took us through hundreds of years of music, giving

We have been delighted with the standard of entries to our first ever competition and also pleased to see the remit tackled in a variety of styles. Our hope was to attract not only students of music approaching it from

Monday 17th February Technical and artistic playing at its very finest in three of the most outstanding quartets in the entire repertoire ensured that Monday’s performance by the Doric Quartet turned out to be a uniquely memorable experience. The Quartets

Monday 13th of January 2014 The Wu Quartet, named after their first violinist Qian Wu, is a multi-award winning group of young players who combine tireless energy and enthusiasm with polished technical brilliance. Few string quartets would have chosen to

As usual the December Concert promoted by Aberdeen Chamber Music Concerts offered patrons a feast of Christmas pies with wine or soft drinks to follow a performance which was itself a surprisingly varied musical banquet. It included tasty Scottish delights

The Arcadia Quartet founded in 2005 by students at theGheorgheDimaMusicAcademyin Cluj-Napoco, the second largest city inRomania, are renowned as winners of a number of the world’s most prestigious String Quartet Competitions. We were fortunate indeed that Aberdeen was included as

Monday 7th October 2013 A new season of exciting musical events from Aberdeen Chamber Music Concerts began on Monday with a visit to the Cowdray Hall by Passacaglia, a quartet of expert interpreters of a wide repertoire from the Baroque

by Alan Cooper Monday 4th of March Can it really be the end of another Chamber Music season already? Monday’s final concert was little short of spectacular, setting the seal on another year of first rate performances. The first part

Monday, 11th February 2013 Our usual concert review writer was unable to attend the concert given by the Benyounes Quartet on the 11th of February but what a lovely surprise we got when we asked the audience to help us

by Alan Cooper Monday, 14 January 2013 The Navarra Quartet drew a gratifyingly large audience to the Cowdray Hall considering the discouraging weather. The intrepid audience was warmly rewarded with a programme of thoroughly engaging and fascinating music including two