Badke Quartet
British string quartet founded in 2002, prize winners and university residents.
The Badke Quartet is a British string quartet founded in 2002 at London's Royal Academy of Music. It regularly performs at leading venues throughout the UK, Ireland and the rest of Europe, including London's Wigmore Hall, Kings Place, and the Musikverein in Vienna. In 2007, it won 1st prize and audience prize at the 5th Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition. The quartet was appointed quartet in residence at Royal Holloway University of London in 2014, and from 2005 to 2009 held the Senior Leverhulme Chamber Music Fellowship at the Royal Academy of Music.
Quick Facts
- Founded
- 2002
- Place of founding
- Royal Academy of Music, London
- Members
- Charlotte Scott (violin)
- Emma Parker (violin)
- Jon Thorne (viola)
- Jonathan Bye
- Residency
- Royal Holloway University of London (from 2014)
- Prize
- 1st prize and audience prize, 5th Melbourne International Chamber Music Competit
- Notable festivals
- Aldeburgh
- Aix-en-Provence
- Verbier
- West Cork Chamber Music Festival
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Background
The Badke Quartet's members are Charlotte Scott and Emma Parker on violins, Jon Thorne on viola, and Jonathan Byers on cello. They have studied with Gabor Takács-Nagy at IMS Prussia Cove and members of the Alban Berg Quartet in Cologne. Edward Bhesania of The Strad magazine wrote that 'A melt-in-the-ears quality ... made the atonality of the Britten less of a challenge and the Haydn that much sweeter'. A review in de Volkskrant noted the group's playing was 'of the utmost delicacy. The response from the hall: applause, stamping feet and enthusiastic whistling'. The quartet regularly performs at festivals including the Aldeburgh, Aix-en-Provence and Verbier Festivals, and West Cork Chamber Music Festival. It has collaborated with musicians Mark Padmore, Sir Thomas Allen, John Mark Ainsley, and others. The quartet broadcasts frequently live on BBC Radio 3, Classic FM, Lyric FM (Ireland), ABC Classic FM (Australia), and for the European Broadcasting Union.
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