In February 2019, the Quartet was joined at Wigmore Hall by guest artists Stephen Hough, Cédric Tiberghien, Michael Collins, Nils Mönkemeyer, Isabel Charisius and Ursula Smith to perform the chamber music of Brahms and Schumann. The Castalian Quartet will have their debut performances in Toronto, New York, Santa Fe, San Diego, and many other cities (including Boise) across North America in the 2021-22 season. Recipient of the Royal Philharmonic Society’s 2019 Young Artists Award, the Quartet also received the prestigious inaugural Merito String Quartet Award and Valentin Erben Prize in 2018, and a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship Award, gaining international acclaim as they take their talents abroad. In the ten years since its formation, the London-based Castalian Quartet has distinguished itself as among the most dynamic, sophisticated young string quartets performing today.
Their most ambitious undertaking to date is a groundbreaking multimedia production of composer Christos Hatzis’s epic work Constantinople, scored for mezzo-soprano, Middle-Eastern singer, violin, cello, piano, and electronic audiovisual media, which they have brought to audiences across North America and at the Royal Opera House in London. The Trio – strongly dedicated to pushing the boundaries of chamber music – has commissioned and premiered over seventy new works from established and emerging composers around the world, and has collaborated on special projects with clarinetist James Campbell, actor Colin Fox, choreographer David Earle, and a host of jazz luminaries at Lula Lounge, Toronto’s leading venue for jazz and world music. Recent performances include those for the Chamber Music Society of Detroit, Northwestern, the Eastman School of Music, Tippet Rise, and Williams College. The ensemble-in-residence at Music Toronto for eleven years, the Gryphon Trio tours extensively throughout North America and Europe. With a repertoire that ranges from the traditional to the contemporary and from European classicism to modern-day multimedia, the Gryphons are committed to redefining chamber music for the 21st century.
The endlessly inventive Gryphon Trio has impressed international audiences and the press with its highly refined, dynamic performances, and has firmly established itself as one of the world’s preeminent piano trios. Here’s a BCMS record: The Gryphon Trio first performed on our Series in 2009, and yet next season will mark their 6 th concert for us. Gryphon Trio with guest violist Masumi Per Rostad - Apr.
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