Brodsky Quartet to play Oban

On Sunday November 10, the world famous Brodsky Quartet will play St John’s Cathedral. The concert is part of Oban Music Society’s calendar of events, starting at 3pm.

Gina McCormack on violin, Ian Belton on violin, Paul Cassidy on La Delfina viola, and Jacqueline Thomas on cello perform all over the world, have a catalogue of recordings, and have won many major awards.

As such, they are one of the most internationally famous ensembles to have played in Oban for many a long year.

Throughout their career, spanning 45 years, the Brodsky Quartet have enjoyed a busy international performing schedule, and have extensively toured the major festivals and venues throughout Australasia, North and South America, Asia, South Africa and Europe, as well as in the UK, where the quartet is based. The quartet is also regularly recorded for television and radio with its performances broadcast worldwide.

As well as playing classical music, the four have worked (and recorded) with Björk,

Elvis Costello and Paul McCartney.

Over the years, the Brodsky Quartet has undertaken numerous performances of the complete cycles of quartets by Schubert, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Britten, Schoenberg, Zemlinsky, Webern and Bartok.

It is, however, the complete

Shostakovich cycle that has now become synonymous with its name: the 2012 London performance of the cycle resulted in the quartet taking the prestigious title Artistic Associate at London’s Kings Place and, in October 2016, releasing a second recording of the cycle, this time live from the Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam.

The musicians have taught at many international chamber music courses and have held residencies in several music institutes including, at the start of their careers, the first such post at the University of Cambridge and latterly at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, where they are visiting International Fellows in Chamber Music.