FIBONACCI STRING QUARTET
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Wednesday 18 October 2023Doors: 6pm
Concert: 7pm (1 hour, no interval) Meet the artists: 8pm Tickets: £15 (including a pre-concert drink) |
The Fibonacci String Quartet are current Hattori Foundation Senior Award Winners.
This performance forms part of the Hattori Foundation early evening concert series. This is a very friendly series, in true Salon-style, where guests are invited to enjoy a pre-concert drink included in the ticket price, a one-hour performance (without interval) and then meet the performers and Trustees in the Club's bar after each recital for complimentary refreshments. Programme
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The Hattori Foundation was established as an Educational Trust by the Hattori Family and granted charity status in 1992.
The aim of the Foundation in the field of music is to encourage and assist exceptionally talented young instrumental soloists or chamber ensembles who are British Nationals or resident in the UK and whose talent and achievements give promise of an international career. |
Fibonacci String Quartet |
The Fibonacci String Quartet was founded in September 2019. Aside from their individual studies in London, the quartet were offered a full scholarship to study with Guenter Pichler (primarius of the Alban Berg Quartet) at the Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain commencing in 2022.
The quartet started under the tutelage of Krysia Osostowicz (Brodsky String Quartet) and is currently coached and mentored by Ursula Smith and Marc Danel (Danel Quartet), with whom they study at the Dutch String Quartet Academy (NSKA).
Most recently, they were awarded first prize at the 2023 Royal Overseas League International Chamber Music Competition, as well as the 2023 Cavatina Chamber Music Competition which took place in Wigmore Hall. In March of 2022 they won the audience prize at the International Chamber Music Festival Schiermonnikoog. In December 2021 they won the the First Prize at the “Triomphe de l’Art” International Chamber Music Competition in Brussels, as well as the “Peermusic, Hambourg” special prize and the “International Association Dimitri Chostakovich, Paris” special prize. They competed against international ensembles up to 35 years of age. In March 2020 they won both First Prize and audience prize at the international Beethoven Competition in London, as well as the 1st prize at the Saint James Chamber Music competition.
Since their formation they have participated in numerous masterclasses and projects with artists such as Alasdair Tate (Chief Executive of YCAT), Eberhart Feltz, Gary Hoffman, the Consone Quartet, Adrian Brendel, the Gould Piano Trio, the Endellion Quartet, The Bozzini Quartet, The Castalian Quartet and the Chilingirian Quartet.
In March 2022 they were guests on the internationally acclaimed tv programme “Podium Witteman” on Dutch national television, which included an interview and a performance of Janacek’s first string quartet “Kreutzer Sonata”. In June of 2022 they were hosted on BBC Radio 3’s “In Tune”. In March 2023 one of their performances was broadcast on the Dutch National Concert Radio and in May 2023 the quartet were invited to perform Kaija Saariaho’s “Terra Memoria” for string quartet for the Barbican and BBC radio 3 “Total Immersion” series, in collaboration with the composer.
The Fibonacci Quartet is generously supported by the Hattori Foundation and Talent Unlimited foundation, as well being supported by Making Music UK as Phillip and Dorothy Green Young Artists. The quartet has also been invited to be a part of the “ProQuartet” organisation (Paris) as well as the “le Dimore del Quartetto” organisation (Italy).
The quartet started under the tutelage of Krysia Osostowicz (Brodsky String Quartet) and is currently coached and mentored by Ursula Smith and Marc Danel (Danel Quartet), with whom they study at the Dutch String Quartet Academy (NSKA).
Most recently, they were awarded first prize at the 2023 Royal Overseas League International Chamber Music Competition, as well as the 2023 Cavatina Chamber Music Competition which took place in Wigmore Hall. In March of 2022 they won the audience prize at the International Chamber Music Festival Schiermonnikoog. In December 2021 they won the the First Prize at the “Triomphe de l’Art” International Chamber Music Competition in Brussels, as well as the “Peermusic, Hambourg” special prize and the “International Association Dimitri Chostakovich, Paris” special prize. They competed against international ensembles up to 35 years of age. In March 2020 they won both First Prize and audience prize at the international Beethoven Competition in London, as well as the 1st prize at the Saint James Chamber Music competition.
Since their formation they have participated in numerous masterclasses and projects with artists such as Alasdair Tate (Chief Executive of YCAT), Eberhart Feltz, Gary Hoffman, the Consone Quartet, Adrian Brendel, the Gould Piano Trio, the Endellion Quartet, The Bozzini Quartet, The Castalian Quartet and the Chilingirian Quartet.
In March 2022 they were guests on the internationally acclaimed tv programme “Podium Witteman” on Dutch national television, which included an interview and a performance of Janacek’s first string quartet “Kreutzer Sonata”. In June of 2022 they were hosted on BBC Radio 3’s “In Tune”. In March 2023 one of their performances was broadcast on the Dutch National Concert Radio and in May 2023 the quartet were invited to perform Kaija Saariaho’s “Terra Memoria” for string quartet for the Barbican and BBC radio 3 “Total Immersion” series, in collaboration with the composer.
The Fibonacci Quartet is generously supported by the Hattori Foundation and Talent Unlimited foundation, as well being supported by Making Music UK as Phillip and Dorothy Green Young Artists. The quartet has also been invited to be a part of the “ProQuartet” organisation (Paris) as well as the “le Dimore del Quartetto” organisation (Italy).
Krystof Kohout - violin
Born in Pilsen in 2000, Kryštof Kohout is a young Czech violinist based in London. Having recently made his solo debut at the Barbican Hall playing the Berg Violin Concerto under the baton of Adrian Leaper, he has performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout Europe and in the USA including at festivals such as the International Chamber Music Festival Plovdiv, Schiermonnikoogfestival, Musethica International Chamber Music Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Smetana Days, JAM on the Marsh and Young Euro Classic. He has performed as a soloist with orchestras such as the Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra, Moravian Chamber Soloists and Guildhall Symphony Orchestra working with conductors including Tomáš Netopil, Koji Kawamoto, Tomáš Brauner and Ondřej Kukal.
Kryštof is currently studying with professor David Takeno at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, where he also studies baroque violin with Pavlo Beznosiuk and improvisation with David Dolan. He has been featured on the Czech Radio, BBC Radio 3 as well as the Dutch television show Podium Witteman.
Kryštof is a prize winner of the Kocian Violin Competition, Whitgift International Music Competition, the Art-Duo International Music Festival in Vienna and the Muse International Music Competition among others. He has recently won the Junior Award of the Hattori Foundation and was the youngest finalist in the 70th Royal Overseas League Competition and recipient of the Len Lickorish Memorial Award.
Kryštof was invited to join the award-winning string ensemble LGT Young Soloists, with whom he has already toured widely, including concerts for the Princely Family of Liechtenstein and at venues such as Konzerthaus Berlin and Musikverein Vienna. He is also a member of the Stockholm-based O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra, a dynamic international ensemble comprised of top string players from all over Europe led by Hugo Ticciati. Chamber music collaborations have included projects with Marc Coppey, Alena Baeva, and the Consone Quartet.
Aside from his formal studies, Kryštof has benefitted from masterclasses with distinguished musicians such as Midori, Leonidas Kavakos, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Pierre Amoyal, Josef Špaček, Gerhard Schulz and Gyorgy Pauk and attended international courses including the Kronberg Violin Masterclasses, IMS Prussia Cove, Weimar Masterclasses and the Meadowmount School of Music.
Kryštof is a two time laureate of the “Plzeňský Orfeus” prize that is awarded annually to a young musician in recognition of international achievements and representation of the City of Pilsen in the field of classical music. He is grateful for the generous support from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Help Musicians, Hattori Foundation, Harrison-Frank Family Foundation, Stephen Bell Charitable Trust, Velehrad London and Talent Unlimited.
Kryštof is currently studying with professor David Takeno at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, where he also studies baroque violin with Pavlo Beznosiuk and improvisation with David Dolan. He has been featured on the Czech Radio, BBC Radio 3 as well as the Dutch television show Podium Witteman.
Kryštof is a prize winner of the Kocian Violin Competition, Whitgift International Music Competition, the Art-Duo International Music Festival in Vienna and the Muse International Music Competition among others. He has recently won the Junior Award of the Hattori Foundation and was the youngest finalist in the 70th Royal Overseas League Competition and recipient of the Len Lickorish Memorial Award.
Kryštof was invited to join the award-winning string ensemble LGT Young Soloists, with whom he has already toured widely, including concerts for the Princely Family of Liechtenstein and at venues such as Konzerthaus Berlin and Musikverein Vienna. He is also a member of the Stockholm-based O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra, a dynamic international ensemble comprised of top string players from all over Europe led by Hugo Ticciati. Chamber music collaborations have included projects with Marc Coppey, Alena Baeva, and the Consone Quartet.
Aside from his formal studies, Kryštof has benefitted from masterclasses with distinguished musicians such as Midori, Leonidas Kavakos, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Pierre Amoyal, Josef Špaček, Gerhard Schulz and Gyorgy Pauk and attended international courses including the Kronberg Violin Masterclasses, IMS Prussia Cove, Weimar Masterclasses and the Meadowmount School of Music.
Kryštof is a two time laureate of the “Plzeňský Orfeus” prize that is awarded annually to a young musician in recognition of international achievements and representation of the City of Pilsen in the field of classical music. He is grateful for the generous support from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Help Musicians, Hattori Foundation, Harrison-Frank Family Foundation, Stephen Bell Charitable Trust, Velehrad London and Talent Unlimited.
Luna de Mol - violin
Luna De Mol (°2002, Ghent) started playing the violin at the age of four with Fedra Coppens. At the age of 12 she was admitted to the Young Talent department of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with Prof. Coosje Wijzenbeek. In 2015, Luna received a scholarship to study at the International Music Academy of the Principality of Liechtenstein, where she regularly participates in intensive internships, concerts and other activities. At the age of 15, Luna was accepted into David Takeno’s violin class at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (London, UK), where she started her bachelor’s degree in September 2019. Luna also studies baroque violin here with Pavlo Beznosiuk.
Luna’s string quartet, the Fibonacci Quartet, studies in the chamber music class of Günter Pichler (Alban Berg Quartet) at the International Institute of Chamber Music of Madrid (Escuela Superior De Musica Reina Sofia), with Krysia Osostowicz (Brodsky Quartet) at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and at the Dutch String Quartet Academy with Marc Danel (Danel Quartet).
In January 2018 Luna won the Dutch National Violin Competition (category Davina van Wely) and was previously a laureate of various other competitions such as the VLAMO competition, the Breughel competition and the International Grumiaux Competition. In March 2020, the Fibonacci String Quartet won both 1st Prize and Audience Prize at the Beethoven Competition for Young Musicians in London and 1st Prize at the Saint James Chamber Music Competition. In 2021, a 1st prize followed at the Triomphe de l’Art International Chamber Music Competition in Brussels and in 2022 the audience prize at the International Chamber Music Festival Schiermonnikoog.
Luna had masterclasses with a.o. Renaud Capuçon, Simone Lamsma, Gary Hoffman, Günter Pichler, Marc Danel, Nadia Wijzenbeek, Guido De Neve, Marek Kowalski, Vadim Tsibulevsky, Gould Piano Trio, Endellion Quartet, Bozzini Quartet, Castalian Quartet, Rubens Quartet and members of the Chilingirian Quartet. She also had the opportunity to perform with great masters such as Janine Janssen, Rosanne Philippens, Steven Isserlis, Julian Rachlin, Boris Brovtsyn, Ramón Ortega, Andreas Ottensamer, Tine Thing Helseth, Anneleen Lenaerts …
Luna regularly gives concerts as a soloist and as a chamber musician. She performed at a.o. the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel (Waterloo, BE), Flagey Studio 4 (Brussels), Het Koninklijk Concertgebouw and Splendor (Amsterdam), Tivoli-Vredenburg (Utrecht) and at international festivals such as: Het Grachtenfestival Amsterdam, Arte Armanti in Belgium, Chamber Music Festival The Hague, International Chamber Music Festival Utrecht, the Next Generations Festival Switzerland, Klassiek op ‘t Amstelveld and Les Musicales de Lubéron, JAM on the Marsh, alpenarte:, Smetana Festival…
Luna’s string quartet, the Fibonacci Quartet, studies in the chamber music class of Günter Pichler (Alban Berg Quartet) at the International Institute of Chamber Music of Madrid (Escuela Superior De Musica Reina Sofia), with Krysia Osostowicz (Brodsky Quartet) at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and at the Dutch String Quartet Academy with Marc Danel (Danel Quartet).
In January 2018 Luna won the Dutch National Violin Competition (category Davina van Wely) and was previously a laureate of various other competitions such as the VLAMO competition, the Breughel competition and the International Grumiaux Competition. In March 2020, the Fibonacci String Quartet won both 1st Prize and Audience Prize at the Beethoven Competition for Young Musicians in London and 1st Prize at the Saint James Chamber Music Competition. In 2021, a 1st prize followed at the Triomphe de l’Art International Chamber Music Competition in Brussels and in 2022 the audience prize at the International Chamber Music Festival Schiermonnikoog.
Luna had masterclasses with a.o. Renaud Capuçon, Simone Lamsma, Gary Hoffman, Günter Pichler, Marc Danel, Nadia Wijzenbeek, Guido De Neve, Marek Kowalski, Vadim Tsibulevsky, Gould Piano Trio, Endellion Quartet, Bozzini Quartet, Castalian Quartet, Rubens Quartet and members of the Chilingirian Quartet. She also had the opportunity to perform with great masters such as Janine Janssen, Rosanne Philippens, Steven Isserlis, Julian Rachlin, Boris Brovtsyn, Ramón Ortega, Andreas Ottensamer, Tine Thing Helseth, Anneleen Lenaerts …
Luna regularly gives concerts as a soloist and as a chamber musician. She performed at a.o. the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel (Waterloo, BE), Flagey Studio 4 (Brussels), Het Koninklijk Concertgebouw and Splendor (Amsterdam), Tivoli-Vredenburg (Utrecht) and at international festivals such as: Het Grachtenfestival Amsterdam, Arte Armanti in Belgium, Chamber Music Festival The Hague, International Chamber Music Festival Utrecht, the Next Generations Festival Switzerland, Klassiek op ‘t Amstelveld and Les Musicales de Lubéron, JAM on the Marsh, alpenarte:, Smetana Festival…
Elliot Kempton - viola
Elliot was first taught violin and viola by his parents Paula and Laurence Kempton at the age of 6. He was very fortunate to grow up in a musical family, and was taught music through playing chamber music with his parents (both violinists) and two brothers who play the cello and the guitar. When he was 18, he moved to Cardiff to study with Bartosz Woroch at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, as well receiving lessons from visiting professor Itzahk Rashkovsky. During his studies, Elliot primarily focused on solo and chamber music, which led to performances at the Bath Assembly Rooms, Dora Stoutzker Hall, Conway Hall and Wigmore Hall; as well as masterclasses from Timothy Ridout, Savitri Grier, Maria Włoszczowska, and Anthony Marwood. It was also whilst at Cardiff that Elliot joined the Oneira Trio.
In 2022, he moved to London to pursue a postgraduate degree at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Matthew Jones. Alongside this, he joined the Fibonacci Quartet, who enjoy an international career, having won numerous international competitions as well appearing multiple times on BBC radio 3. Together, the quartet study with Günter Pichler at the Escuala de Reina Sofia in Madrid, as well as recieving regular masterclasses through the Dutch String Quartet Academy (NSKA), and the “ProQuartet” organisation in Paris.
Aside from solo and chamber music, Elliot is passionate about orchestral playing. He regularly appears as Co-Leader for Sinfonia Cymru, and is currently Section Principal Viola of Sinfonia Viva.
Elliot is extremely grateful for the support he has received from the Guildhall School of Music Drama, Harrison Frank Foundation, Stephen Bell Charitable Trust, Countess of Munster Trust, and Talent Unlimited.
In 2022, he moved to London to pursue a postgraduate degree at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Matthew Jones. Alongside this, he joined the Fibonacci Quartet, who enjoy an international career, having won numerous international competitions as well appearing multiple times on BBC radio 3. Together, the quartet study with Günter Pichler at the Escuala de Reina Sofia in Madrid, as well as recieving regular masterclasses through the Dutch String Quartet Academy (NSKA), and the “ProQuartet” organisation in Paris.
Aside from solo and chamber music, Elliot is passionate about orchestral playing. He regularly appears as Co-Leader for Sinfonia Cymru, and is currently Section Principal Viola of Sinfonia Viva.
Elliot is extremely grateful for the support he has received from the Guildhall School of Music Drama, Harrison Frank Foundation, Stephen Bell Charitable Trust, Countess of Munster Trust, and Talent Unlimited.
Findlay Spence - cello
Scottish cellist Findlay Spence has performed at festivals and venues throughout the world as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral principal. Recent chamber performances include Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, and Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin.
He has performed major cello concertos with numerous British orchestras, as well as contemporary concertos by John Bevan Baker and Tom David Wilson. Findlay has been invited for residencies in association with Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme, Musethica, McGill University Montreal, Lucerne and the Mendelssohn on Mull Festival, and participated in masterclasses with Frans Helmerson, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Torleif Thedén, and Johannes Goritzki. He received the 2021 Kirckman Society Award and has performed alongside the Doric, Edinburgh and Sacconi String Quartets. In 2023 Findlay will give his debut recitals at the Grafenegg Festival and St. Magnus International Festival.
Findlay has performed as Principal Cello of the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra, Riot Ensemble, Grafenegg Academy Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra of Scotland and Ensemble Modern Hans Zender Akademie as well playing regularly with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, English National Opera Orchestra, European Union Youth Orchestra, and BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Findlay is Musician in Residence at St. Paul’s, Knightsbridge, where he frequently performs and writes for the resident professional choir. He is also Resident Cellist at W. E. Hill & Sons, where he has the opportunity to play and critique the finest modern and antique instruments.
Findlay was a scholar at the Royal College of Music in London where he studied with Melissa Phelps, and he is now mentored by John Myerscough of the Doric String Quartet. Previously he studied at St. Mary's Music School in Edinburgh with Ruth Beauchamp.
Findlay plays Robert Brewer Young’s ‘Rostropovich’ cello, generously loaned to him by the St. Paul’s Foundation.
Whenever he can find a gap in his schedule, Findlay returns to the Scottish mountains with his 1-person tent.
He has performed major cello concertos with numerous British orchestras, as well as contemporary concertos by John Bevan Baker and Tom David Wilson. Findlay has been invited for residencies in association with Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme, Musethica, McGill University Montreal, Lucerne and the Mendelssohn on Mull Festival, and participated in masterclasses with Frans Helmerson, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Torleif Thedén, and Johannes Goritzki. He received the 2021 Kirckman Society Award and has performed alongside the Doric, Edinburgh and Sacconi String Quartets. In 2023 Findlay will give his debut recitals at the Grafenegg Festival and St. Magnus International Festival.
Findlay has performed as Principal Cello of the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra, Riot Ensemble, Grafenegg Academy Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra of Scotland and Ensemble Modern Hans Zender Akademie as well playing regularly with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, English National Opera Orchestra, European Union Youth Orchestra, and BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Findlay is Musician in Residence at St. Paul’s, Knightsbridge, where he frequently performs and writes for the resident professional choir. He is also Resident Cellist at W. E. Hill & Sons, where he has the opportunity to play and critique the finest modern and antique instruments.
Findlay was a scholar at the Royal College of Music in London where he studied with Melissa Phelps, and he is now mentored by John Myerscough of the Doric String Quartet. Previously he studied at St. Mary's Music School in Edinburgh with Ruth Beauchamp.
Findlay plays Robert Brewer Young’s ‘Rostropovich’ cello, generously loaned to him by the St. Paul’s Foundation.
Whenever he can find a gap in his schedule, Findlay returns to the Scottish mountains with his 1-person tent.
Wednesday
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Doors: 6pm
Concert: 7pm (1 hour, no interval) Meet the artists: 8pm Tickets: £15 (including a pre-concert drink) |