The Carducci String Quartet, who made their Kilkenny Arts Festival debut in 2007, and gave a complete cycle of Shostakovich’s quartets for the festival last year, are back again this year for a set of ...

A string quartet made up of two married couples is pretty unusual. The ConTempo Quartet, Galway’s ensemble-in-residence, is one. The half-Irish, half-English Carducci String Quartet is another. For ...

Described by The Strad as presenting “a masterclass in unanimity of musical purpose, in which severity could melt seamlessly into charm, and drama into geniality”, the award-winning Carducci Quartet ...

The Carducci String Quartet is a fine young Anglo-Irish ensemble, much praised for its interpretations of contemporary music. It's also, curiously enough, made up of two married couples — prompting ...

The group were joined by the Elmore, Kyan and Oculus quartets to perform three of Shostakovich’s quartets alongside a newer work by Elena Firsova A decade ago, marking 40 years since the composer’s ...

The Carduccis maintained astonishing intensity throughout the complete cycle of Shostakovich’s 15 string quartets – performed in a single day Most ensembles gung-ho enough to attempt a complete cycle ...

How do a string quartet pursue their dream of the ideal ensemble sound? James Jolly caught up with the Carducci Quartet to learn about how they went about it I’ve never given a lot of thought as to ...

Dmitri Shostakovich once told a friend that he planned to compose 24 string quartets, one in each of the major and minor keys. He completed only 15, but they span his entire mature period as a ...

ONE of the world's most exciting young string quartets in the world is set to make a welcome return to north Cork. The Carducci Quartet will return to the hallowed grounds of the Bowenscourt Church, ...

The Carducci Quartet have been described by The Guardian as having “…high-octane playing, balanced control with devil-may-care spontaneity…”. They won a Royal Philharmonic Society award in 2016 for ...