Gildas Quartet

The Gildas Quartet is a British string quartet formed at the Royal Northern College of Music in 2011. They have studied with Oliver Wille, Robin Ireland, and Catherine Manson, and have also benefited from masterclasses from Alfred Brendel, Paul Cassidy, Gabor Takacs Nagy, and András Keller among others.

The quartet are City Music Foundation Artists[1] and Associate Ensemble at the Birmingham Conservatoire[2].They have performed at major venues such as the Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall (via video) and Purcell Room. In 2013 they performed live on BBC Radio 3 program In Tune.[3]

The Gildas Quartet were semi-finalists at the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition 2018[4]

Members

The Quartet consists of Christopher Jones, Gemma Sharples (violin), Kay Stephen (viola) and Anna Menzies (cello).

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References
  1. Design, David Hughes. "City Music Foundation". Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  2. "Ensembles". Birmingham City University. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  3. "The Full English, Gildas String Quartet, Thomas Carroll, Anthony Hewitt, In Tune – BBC Radio 3". BBC. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  4. "2018 Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition". ABC Classic. 2018-06-22. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
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