The Quince Quartet was formed in 2003 and comprises experienced musicians drawing on their diverse backgrounds to form an exciting force. The depth and passion that they bring to live performances has been appreciated at concert halls such as Wigmore Hall and Bozar and at festivals all over Europe.
CHRIS GEORGE - Violin
Chris George studied with Malcom Layfield at Chetham's School of Music and with Eric Gruenberg at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He is a broad-minded musician who has enjoyed playing a wide variety of music in orchestras, chamber ensembles, and as a soloist.
Chris is the leader of The Scottish Chamber Orchestra. He plays with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, has often co-led the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and is also a member of the Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields.
His solo work has included the Mendelssohn concerto, Prokofiev's 2nd concerto, Bernstein's Serenade, and many commissioned works with the Brunel Ensemble, the Bruch concerto in the Bath Festival, and the Sibelius at St.John's, Smith Square, London. Chris has performed many Bach and Vivaldi concertos with orchestras such as the New London Soloists and London Musici.
Perhaps Chris's greatest source of pleasure, however, has always been chamber music.
Groups such as Caractacus Quartet, Oxalys and Trio Ligeti have taken him around Britain and on tours to Japan, China, the U.S.A. and Israel.
MATTHEW TRUSCOTT - Violin
Matthew Truscott studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, the Koninklijk Conservatorium in The Hague and in Bloomington, Indiana where his teachers were Erich Gruenberg, Simon Standage, Vera Beths and Mauricio Fucs. He now shares his time between period instrument performance and 'modern' chamber music, appearing with some of the finest musicians in both fields.
As a soloist and director Matthew has appeared with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Konzerthaus Vienna and London's Queen Elizabeth Hall, as well as with the King’s Consort at the Wigmore Hall on numerous occasions.
Recently appointed as one of the leaders of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, other engagements as concertmaster have included projects with English National Opera, The English Concert, The King's Consort, Dutch National Opera and the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra. He is leader of St James' Baroque, the Classical Opera Company and the Magdalena Consort. Matthew is professor of baroque violin at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
TOM DUNN - viola
Tom Dunn studied on the joint course at Manchester University and the Royal Northern College of Music. After graduating in 2000 with BMus(Hons), GRNCM and PPRNCM, and following a year with the Manchester Camerata, Tom moved to London in 2001. Since then he has been much in demand as an orchestral player and chamber musician.
Tom is currently co-principal viola of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Mozart Players, and has performed with the latter's Chamber Ensemble, Configure 8, The Lindsays, The Eroica Quartet, Martin Roscoe, Richard Simpson and Trevor Pinnock.
Tom also has a keen interest in both period instrument performance and contemporary music which has led to engagements with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique; Ensemble Modern; the Contemporary Music Ensemble of Wales; and the New Music Players.
AMY NORRINGTON - cello
Amy Norrington comes from London and studied the cello with Alexander Baillie at the Royal Academy of Music, where she won several prizes for her solo and chamber music playing before furthering her studies with Steven Doane at the Eastman School of Music in the USA.
Amy now lives in Brussels where she is established as a cellist in high demand. She is a dedicated chamber musician and is invited to play with chamber ensembles and at festivals all over Europe. She is also regularly invited by orchestras as a guest principal cellist, most recently by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the opera orchestra of Brussels 'La Monnaie' performing in le Palais des Beaux-Arts and the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. Amy is also frequently invited to work as a continuo-player.
She is the cellist of the Quince Quartet based in London, the Arioso Piano Quartet based in Cologne and a member of the Belgian chamber ensemble Oxalys with whom she has played to critical acclaim in the Philharmonic Society's series in Brussels. Amy can also be heard on Oxalys's CD in Metamorphosen and Capriccio by Strauss, which has received international praise. Amy performs at chamber music festivals all over Europe and is a regular guest at Steven Isserlis' 'International Musicians Seminar' in England. As a soloist, Amy has given performances of the cello concertos by Haydn, Brahms, Dvorak, Saint-Saens and Elgar.
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