History and Repertoire
The Quartet, originally named the Quinten-Quartet, was founded in 1995 by students of St.Petersburg Conservatory with intensive assistance of Gleb Nikitin (dean of Orchestral Department). The idea of creation belonged to Vladimir Bystritsky (viola player). Other members of Quartet became 3-year students: Tatiana Razoumova (1st violin) and Dmitry Khrytchev (cello). Last member became 2nd violinist Dmitry Korjavko, 1st-year student.
In addition to their schooling in Russia, they also studied in London, in Germany, and with members of the Prague String Quartet, the Alban Berg Quartet, and the Amadeus Quartet in Austria.
The membership of the quartet has changed slightly since the Quartet's founding in 1995. The members are:
1st violin - Tatiana Razoumova (1995-)
2nd violin - Dmitry Korjavko (1995-1997), Vladislav Pessin (1997), Anna Tchijik (1997-2001), Alexei Maslov (2007), Svetlana Grinfeld (1997, 2002-)
Viola - Vladimir Bystritsky (1995-)
Cello - Dmitry Khrytchev (1995-2012), Victor Kustov (2012-)
Svetlana Grinfeld performed on the Northern Flowers label recording, and Alexei Maslov performed on one of the Capstone recordings.
The Quartet’s repertoire includes an emphasis on the music of Haydn (their original name—Quinten-Quartet—refers to one of Haydn’s works, the Opus 76, No 2 Quartet in d minor), Russian composers, particularly Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich, as well as music of contemporary composers, such as Rodney Waschka II, whose quartets they have premiered and recorded on Capstone Records.
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