Young Classical Music Artists Agency and Promoter

About Heath Quartet

Oliver Heath (violin)
Cerys Jones (violin)
Gary Pomeroy (viola)
Christopher Murray (cello)

Selected by Young Concert Artists Trust (YCAT) in 2008, the Heath Quartet won 1st Prize and the Audience Prize at the 2008 Tromp International Competition in Eindhoven and 2nd Prize at the 2009 Haydn International Competition in Vienna along with Special Prizes for the best interpretation of a work by Haydn and of a commissioned composition. The Quartet went on to give recitals throughout the Netherlands, including their Concertgebouw debut, took part in the Haydn Bicentenary in the Esterhazy Palace and gave concerts at the Konzerthaus in Vienna, Sage Gateshead (broadcast by BBC Radio 3) and Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany.

Engagements during 2010/11 include return visits to Wigmore Hall and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam; debut recitals at the Musikverein in Vienna, the Konzerthaus in Berlin and Schwetzinger Festspiele in Germany and a Radio 3 broadcast from Birmingham Town Hall. The Quartet will collaborate with Brett Dean, Stephen Hough, Colin Currie and the Tokyo String Quartet and undertake a residency at the Brighton Dome.

Over the last year the Quartet has given recitals at Wigmore Hall, Brighton Festival, Bridgewater, Perth and Queen's Hall Edinburgh, and a series of concerts in Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands and China. In 2010 they recorded their first CD at the Muziekcentrum Frits Philips, undertook a two week residency at The Banff Centre in Canada and returned to the International Musicians Seminar at Prussia Cove to study with Andras Schiff and Erich Hobart. From 2010-12 the Quartet will be the inaugural Chamber Music Fellows at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, supported by the Fidelio Trust.

The Heath Quartet was formed in 2002 at the Royal Northern College of Music, under the guidance of the late Dr. Christopher Rowland and Alasdair Tait, with whom they continued their studies at the Reina Sofia in Madrid. Other teachers have included Gabor Takacs-Nagy and members of the Alban Berg, Smetana, Endellion, Lindsay and La Salle Quartets.

During their studies at the RNCM the Quartet won all the major ensemble prizes and were Leverhulme Junior Fellows between 2008-10. In 2005 they won the Philharmonia Orchestra/Martin Musical Scholarship Fund Ensemble Award and were laureates of the Geneva International String Quartet Competition. They have given concerts throughout the UK, under the auspices of the Countess of Munster Scheme, Making Music Concert Promoters Society, Park Lane Group and Tunnell Trust and in 2008 were MBF Young Artists in Residence at the Lake District Summer Music Festival.

The Quartet has enjoyed working with several leading composers including Louis Andriessen, Sofia Gubaidulina, Anthony Gilbert and Hans Abrahamsen, the latter in a Radio 3 broadcast from the Proms. They took part in the European premiere of Steve Mackie‘s ’Gaggle and Flock‘ for string octet, and received unanimous critical acclaim for their performance of Ligeti’s Quartet No.2 and Thomas Ades' Arcadiana for The Park Lane Group at the Purcell Room.

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Heath Quartet - Berg Lyric Suite 1st mvt

Heath Quartet - Haydn Quartet Op 76 No 5 2nd mvt

To engage the Heath Quartet for a concert please call us on 020 7379 8477 or contact us using the enquiry form.

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