Musical masterclass and Easter concerts at Drimnin in Morvern

Two up-and-coming string quartets are spending the week before Easter at Drimnin in Morvern for a week-long masterclass with John Myerscough.

John is the cellist of the internationally renowned Doric Quartet and professor of cello and chamber music at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and the event marks the resumption of musical residencies and concerts at Drimnin after Covid.

The Kleio and Edenis Quartets will spend the week using the chapel and village hall practising and developing their repertoire, concluding with concerts on Friday April 7 and Saturday April 8 in the chapel, which has been restored as a music venue and sits on the shore of the Sound of Mull overlooking Tobermory.

The Kleio Quartet, whose members are from Japan, South Korea, Britain and Denmark, have performed internationally in many of the leading venues.

At the conclusion of their residency in Drimnin they fly straight to Denmark to compete in the Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition.

Membership of the Edenis Quartet is equally international and the group has performed widely in the UK as well as in France.

The residency and concerts are organised by The St Columba’s Drimnin Trust, which supports promising young musicians and ensembles in the early stages of their careers.

Further information about the trust and its concerts is available on www.stcolumbasdrimnin.org.

John Myerscough who, with his Doric Quartet colleagues, directs the Mendelssohn on Mull Festival, said: “Residencies such as this are a vital opportunity for young ensembles to enjoy undisturbed and intense time together, in a beautiful and inspiring location.

“They provide the foundations that help highly talented young musicians to realise their full potential.”