Experience a lunchtime escape with a captivating live performance by the acclaimed Kyan Quartet, featuring a compelling programme that highlights depth and variety of string repertoire. The concert spans centuries of musical tradition, moving from the baroque counterpoint of Purcell’s Fantasias in 4 Parts and the Romantic expression of Schumann’s Quartet Op. 41 No. 3, to the modern character of Schulhoff’s 5 Pieces.
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Schulhoff 5 Pieces
Purcell Fantasias in 4 Parts (selection)
Schumann Quartet Op. 41 No. 3 -
Kyan Quartet
The award-winning Kyan Quartet brings together four exceptional musicians from the United Kingdom, the United States, China, and France. Established in 2020, the quartet enjoys a busy and vibrant career, having performed across Europe and Asia in venues including Wigmore Hall, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Beethoven-Haus Chamber Music Hall, Shanghai Opera House, and Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra Hall.
As first prize winners of this year’s DYNAMIKfest Salzburg Chamber Music Competition, the Kyans are looking forward to touring across Europe and the USA in 2026. They are also prizewinners of the 2024 Royal Over-Seas League Competition in London. Recent highlights include three performances at the Barbican Centre as part of the Carducci Quartet’s Shostakovich cycle project, guitar quintets at Conway Hall with Ahmed Dickinson, and a tour across Scotland as Tunnell Trust award holders. The quartet are grateful to be supported by Le Dimore del Quartetto and City Music Foundation.
The Kyan Quartet pride themselves on championing new music. They have given Wigmore premieres of commissioned pieces by Florence Anna Maunders and Zhenyan Li, and performed Symphony for String Quartet and Forest by Jacob Fitzgerald at the 2022 Timber Festival, featuring 200 school children singing alongside the quartet. The Kyans collaborated with Cem Güven to record his 2023 quartet Atmospheric Manipulations, and will feature on Ben Nobuto’s upcoming debut album.
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St Martin-in-the-Fields
Kyan Quartet
Experience a lunchtime escape with a captivating live performance by the acclaimed Kyan Quartet.