The Esmé Quartet won First Prize and four special prizes at the prestigious Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition in London in 2018.
Album & Artwork
This inaugural album by the Esmé Quartet features first string quartet works by three composers, showcasing youthful energy and innovation.
Compositional Technique
Unsuk Chin's ParaMetaStrings combines live performers with pre-recorded and numerically treated violin and cello sounds, creating a dialogue between real and virtual instruments.
Performer Biography
The Esmé Quartet, formed in 2016 in Cologne, Germany, consists of four Korean musicians who were childhood friends and share common interests.
Album & Artwork
The Esmé Quartet's name comes from an Old French word meaning "loved."
Composer Biography
Frank Bridge, the composer of Novelletten, H.44, was the tenth of twelve children and studied violin in his hometown of Brighton.
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