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Agbeko
Agbeko
Live recording session at The Yard
First international appearance at Meadows in the Mountains festival, Bulgaria
Performed at the Green Man Festival 2018
First sell out Manchester show, at Soup Kitchen in 2018
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Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
One of Britain’s leading chamber groups
Admired for ground-breaking work in developing the guitar quartet medium
Signed exclusively to Chandos
Aronowitz Ensemble
Aronowitz Ensemble
2006 BBC New Generation Artists
Awarded a 2008 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Special Ensemble Scholarship
BackBeat Percussion Quartet
BackBeat Percussion Quartet
Winners of major competitions worldwide, including ROSL ARTS, Park Lane Group, Japan’s International Chamber Music Festival and the Concert Artists Guild in the US
Barbirolli Quartet
Barbirolli Quartet
International reputation for diverse, prolific repertoire and dynamic approach to performance
Belcea Quartet
Belcea Quartet
Quartet in Residence, Vienna Konzerthaus and Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Benyounes Quartet
Benyounes Quartet
2012 International Sandor Vegh String Quartet Competition winners
Second Prize, 2014 Orlando International String Quartet Competition
Cobalt Brass
Cobalt Brass
Winners, 2018 Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Competition
Winners, 2018 Christopher Rowland Chamber Music Prize
Made television debut in 2018, featured in ITV's Christmas broadcast schedule
Finalists, Royal Philharmonic Society's Henderson Award 2019
Advocates for commissioning new repertory for brass quintet
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Brodsky Quartet
Brodsky Quartet
Royal Philharmonic Society Award for outstanding contribution to innovation in programming
Cavaleri Quartet
Cavaleri Quartet
Winners, 2011 Royal Over-Seas League Ensemble Competition
First Prize, 2012 Hamburg International Chamber Music Competition
Elias Quartet
Elias Quartet
BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artists 2009-11
Winner, Borletti-Buitoni Award for the Beethoven Project - performing (worldwide) and recording the complete Beethoven string quartets
Finzi Quartet
Finzi Quartet
Prize-winners, 2010 Royal Over-Seas League Competition and 5th Trondheim International String Quartet Competition, Norway
Fitzwilliam Quartet
Fitzwilliam Quartet
First group to record and perform all 15 of Shostakovich's string quartets
International performing career spanning over 40 years
Multi award-winning recordings for Decca, Linn and Divine Art Records
Fournier Trio
Fournier Trio
Second Prize and Audience Prize-winners, 2011 Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition
2013 Parkhouse Award winners
GoGo Penguin
GoGo Penguin
2014 Mercury Prize Album of the Year nominees
2015 Jazz FM Award-winners
Signed three album deal with Blue Note Records
Gould Trio
Gould Trio
International career; winners of the inaugural Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition
Extensive recording catalogue on Chandos/Naxos/Champs Hill and Hyperion labels
Heath Quartet
Heath Quartet
Professors of Chamber Music, Guildhall School of Music and Drama
First Prize, 2008 Tromp Competition
2011 Borlett-Buitoni Special Ensemble Scholarship
Ensemble Prize, 2012 Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Ideal Forgery
Ideal Forgery
Manchester-based Alternative Rock band
Released debut EP in 2017
Performed sell-out shows in leading Manchester venues
Released their single
Chase the Light
in 2018, followed by a UK tour
Manchester Collective
Manchester Collective
Collaborated and toured with electronic artist Vessel, cellist Abel Selaocoe and Chesaba
Commissioned works by artists Edmund Finnis, Hannah Peel, Freya Waley-Cohen, Laurence Osborn
Produced 10 Isolation Broadcasts through COVID lockdown
Record exclusively for Icelandic label Bedroom Community
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Manchester Piano Trio
Manchester Piano Trio
One of Britain’s most established and popular chamber ensembles
Marici Saxes
Marici Saxes
United Kingdom
Second album
Origin
due for release in September 2020
Recital and festival appearances around the UK, and internationally
Performed at the World Saxophone Congress in Croatia
Debut album
Light
released in 2017
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Navarra Quartet
Navarra Quartet
Selected for representation by YCAT 2006 – 10
MIDEM Classique Young Artist Award-winners
Prize-winners at the Banff, Melbourne and Florence International String Quartet Competitions
Holders of a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship
Porij
Porij
Featured artists on the 6 Music playlist
Released debut album
Teething
in 2024
Appearances at Glastonbury Festival
Supported Coldplay at the Etihad Stadium
Associate Members of the RNCM (ARNCM)
Rhodes Piano Trio
Rhodes Piano Trio
2008 ROSL ARTS Elias Fawcett Award winners
Selected for representation by YCAT in 2010
Second Prize-winners, 2011 Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition
Solem Quartet
Solem Quartet
Signed 3 album deal with Delphian Records
Residency at Norfolk and Norwich Festival
Performances at Kettle's Yard, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, and Leeds International Concert Series
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Sylvette
Sylvette
Released two albums
Waiting in the Bliss
and
Stiller than Still
Filmed tour documentary
Sylvette a Vignette
Appearances include headline gig at Band on the Wall
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Tokyo Quartet
Tokyo Quartet
Regarded as one of the supreme chamber ensembles of the world
A 40-year international performing career
Comprehensive catalogue of critically-acclaimed recordings and distinguished teaching record
Vanbrugh Quartet
Vanbrugh Quartet
Ireland’s longest established professional chamber ensemble
Resident string quartet to national broadcaster of Ireland, RTÉ
Artists-in-residence, National University of Ireland
Zelkova Quartet
Zelkova Quartet
Winners, Elias Fawcett Trust Prize for Outstanding Chamber Ensemble at the 2014 Royal Over-Seas League Competition
Selected for the St John's Smith Square Young Artists Programme, 2014/15
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