Haydn String Quartet No.2 in D minor, Op.76
Dvorak String Quartet No.12 in F major, Op.96 ‘American’

Heather Höhmann, violin
Emma Parker, violin
Jon Thorne, viola
Jonathan Byers, cello

The Badke Quartet, formed in 2002, is widely recognised as one of Britain’s finest string quartets. Winners of the 1st prize and audience prize at the 5th Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition in 2007, the Badke Quartet has received widespread acclaim for its energetic and vibrant performances.

All four musicians are graduates of London’s Royal Academy of Music and Royal College of Music. They regularly study with Gabor Takács-Nagy at IMS Prussia Cove and during 2006-08 they travelled once a month for a period of intensive study at the Alban Berg Quartet’s chamber music class in Cologne. From 2005 to 2009 the Quartet held the Senior Leverhulme Chamber Music Fellowship at the RAM.

The Badke Quartet regularly performs at festivals in the UK and abroad, including the Aldeburgh and Verbier Festivals, Belfast Festival at Queen’s, Chichester Festivities and the London String Quartet Week. The Quartet has performed in some of the UK’s most prestigious chamber music venues including the Wigmore Hall, St. George’s Bristol, St. David’s Hall Cardiff, Bridgewater Hall Manchester, St. John’s Smith Square, and the Royal Festival Hall.

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