Formed in 2005, the Chiaroscuro Quartet comprises violinists Alina Ibragimova (Russia) and Pablo Hernán Benedí (Spain), the Swedish violist Emilie Hörnlund and cellist Claire Thirion from France.
This international ensemble performs music of the Classical and early Romantic periods on gut strings and with historical bows. The quartet’s unique sound – described in The Observer as ‘a shock to the ears of the best kind’ – is highly acclaimed by audiences and critics all over Europe.
Their growing recordings includes recordings of music by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn and Haydn.
Here’s your chance to listen to this unique sound as the group performs the Quartet Op. 18, number 4 by Beethoven, followed by music by Schubert…
