Saturday 19 September 2026 at 7:30pm

The Kleio Quartet

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Our penultimate concert for the 2026 season brings us to the world of chamber music, and a performance from the Kleio Quartet. The eagle eyed reader will notice that since the brochure for this season was published, the line-up of the quartet has changed somewhat. The quartet now comprises founder members Yumi Fujise (violin I) and Katherine Yoon (violin II), and new members Jaren Ziegler (viola) and Gerard Flotats (Cello).

The Kleio Quartet are delighted to join the BBC New Generation Artists scheme from September 2024- 26. The quartet have recently been appointed as the resident quartet for the Royal Northern College of Music’s String Quartet Studio. They are grateful for the ongoing support of Le Dimore del Quartetto from whom they received the ‘Ensemble of the Year’ (2024, IT) and most recently,  received the Freiburg and Walburger Prizes at the Jeunesses Musicales International course in Weikersheim (2024, GE). 

They have held a residency as Britten-Pears Young Artists in Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh and continue a series of residencies hosted by the Strijkkwartet Biënnale Amsterdam from 2023-2025 and at ProQuartet - Centre Européen de Musique de Chambre for the season 2023/24. They have been selected both for the Tunnell Trust’s Music Club Awards Scheme 2022/23 and as Kirckman Concert Society Young Artists for 2023/24. They have also been selected to join the MERITA platform from 2023-2025, and hold the Hattori Foundation Senior Award. 

Recent performance highlights include debuts at the Edinburgh International Festival, London’s Kings Place, and appearances at the North Norfolk Music Festival. Upcoming highlights of their 2024-25 season include a Danish Tour and appearances at La Schubertiade de Sceaux (FR), Frederiskværk Festival (DR) and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival (GE) alongside cellist Eckart Runge and pianist Jacques Ammon.

Programme

HAYDN: Quartet No.5 in F Major Op.40 "The Dream
SMETANA: Quartet No.1 in E Minor "From My Life"
BRITTEN: Quartet No.1 in D Major Op.25

 

 

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