Alexey
Naumenko: violin
Anton
Ilyunin: violin
Dmitry
Pitulko: viola
Anna
Gorelova: cello
"A beautifully balanced group with a fine, burnished tone and
excellent blend"
The Strad
One of the most inspiring, dynamic and charismatic ensembles on the
musical sceneAtrium String Quartet has established itself as a performer
of deep emotion, intellect, virtuosity and technical brilliance. Highly
acclaimed by audience and press the Quartet has performed throughout Europe,
Russia, USA and Australia.
Atrium Quartet is a winner of two most prestigious
International Competitions for String Quartet: First prize and Audience Prize of
the 9th London International String Quartet Competition in 2003 and Grand-Prix
of the 5th International String Quartet Competition in Bordeaux in 2007.
Founded in 2000 in St Petersburg under the inspiration
of Professor Josef Levinson, the Quartet graduated from the St Petersburg
Conservatoire in 2003 and then completed the education in Amsterdam coached by
Prof. Stefan Metz at the Netherland String Quartet Academy (2006-2007) and in
Conservatoire Hanns Eisler in Berlin (2007-2009) with Prof. Eberhard Feltz. The
Quartet also has been coached by the famous musicians from Alban Berg Quartet,
Vermeer Quartet, Tokyo Quartet and by Walter Levin.
Recent highlights of Atrium Quartet have included recitals at Wigmore Hall,
Royal Festival Hall in London, the Library of Congress in Washington, Frick
Museum in New York, Les Invalides in Paris, BOZAR in Brussels, De Doelen in
Rotterdam, Conservatoire du Geneva, L'Auditori in Barcelona, Philharmonic Hall
in St Petersburg; recitals at prestigious Festivals such as Schleswig-Holstein
Festival, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, Schwetzingen Festival in Germany,
Colmar Festival in France, Orlando Festival in the Netherlands, Davos Festival
in Switzerland. The concert tour in France with more than 20 concerts was done
in summer 2008.
Among engagements next season is the debut tour in Japan, debut
recitals in Hungary and Macedonia, concerts in Hamburg, Frankfurt, Berlin and
London, festivals in the Netherlands and France.
Atrium Quartet's discography includes CD with
works by Mozart, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich made for EMI Classics; "Live
concert" on DVD in the Netherlands with music by Tchaikovsky. Recent CD was
recorded in Paris in 2008 for Zig-Zag Territories (Beethoven. Quartet op.74,
Es-dur and Shostakovich. Quartet N 5 op.92, B-dur) - Gramophone's Editor's
Choice in November 2008. Two new CD's will be released in the season
2009-2010.
The Quartet currently resides in Berlin, Germany