Aviv String Quartet
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The Aviv String Quartet
was founded in Israel
in 1997, and has performed internationally for over ten years. Among the quartet's various awards is the DaimlerChrysler
Grand Prize at the 3rd Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition and top prizes at the 2003 Bordeaux and Schubert Competitions. The Aviv Quartet has recorded 3 discs of Shostakovich on Dalia Classics (available on itunes and emusic) and 2 Naxos discs of Hoffmeister and Schulhoff. Recent highlights include a complete Shostakovich cycle at the 2007 Verbier Festival, debuts at the Zurich Tonhalle and Brussels Palais des Beaux-Arts and return visits to Wigmore Hall. Please see www.avivquartet.com for more information.
Members:
Rachel Mercer:
String quartet
A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string players – usually two violin players, a violist and a cellist – or a piece written to be performed by such a group...
was founded in Israel
Israel
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in 1997, and has performed internationally for over ten years. Among the quartet's various awards is the DaimlerChrysler
DaimlerChrysler
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Grand Prize at the 3rd Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition and top prizes at the 2003 Bordeaux and Schubert Competitions. The Aviv Quartet has recorded 3 discs of Shostakovich on Dalia Classics (available on itunes and emusic) and 2 Naxos discs of Hoffmeister and Schulhoff. Recent highlights include a complete Shostakovich cycle at the 2007 Verbier Festival, debuts at the Zurich Tonhalle and Brussels Palais des Beaux-Arts and return visits to Wigmore Hall. Please see www.avivquartet.com for more information.
Members:
- Violin I: Sergey Ostrovsky
- Violin II: Evgenia Epshtein
- Viola: Timur Yakubov
- Cello: Aleksandr Khramouchin
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