Profile & Special Focus
Cuarteto Iberia was founded in Madrid in 2018. Since its inceptiom, the quartet has upheld the string quartet tradition of its teachers, bringing a new point of view to the interpretation of the great works of the genre. From a very young age, the individual need of each of the members to delve into the work written for string quartet, has led them to get together and create this group, which is the maximum exponent of their artistic expression and with which they manage to create an exceptional musical atmosphere.
One of the best qualities of the quartet is their versatility to embrace music of diverse composers and to create projects based on the research and study of authors from different periods and style.
Cuarteto Iberia is since February 2023 one of the selected quartets inside the MERITA project, organised by Le Dimore del Quartetto in collaboration with many european institutions. In this project they are working together with other art forms and try to create innovative concert formats combining music and other arts (theater, poetry, sculpture, dance…).
Awards
1st prize at the 11th "Antón García Abril" International Chamber Music Competition
1st prize at 26th Josep Mirabent i Magrans Chamber Music Competition 2022
2nd prize at the XIX Arnuero International Chamber Music Competition 2022
Honorable Mention at the Zukunftsklang Award 2022
Partners, cooperations and past performances
Concerts at:
Salzburg (AT)Montréal (CA)
Würzburg, Weikersheim (DE)
Paris (FR)
Venice, Milan, Lucca (IT)
Athens (GR)
Madrid, Barcelona, Granada, Burgos, León, Santander, Oviedo, Gijón, País Vasco (ES)
Part of:
ECMA
Le Dimore del Quartetto
ProQuartet.Quartet in residence at Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid
Upcoming concerts and tours
2024
March 2024: B&M Theocharakis Foundation for the fine arts and music, Athens, Greece
April 2024: Filarmonica Laudamo, Messina, Italy. Le dimore del Quartetto
May 2024: North of Spain & Madrid. Teatro de la Zarzuela
Ensemble & Instrumentation
In June 2021 they start studying string quartet master at the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg with Uni. Prof. Cibrán Sierra (Cuarteto Quiroga).
Masterclasses with:
Valentin Erben, Isabel Charisius, Heime Müller, Lukas Hagen, Rainer Schmidt, Paul Watkins, Jana Kuss, William Coleman, Mikayel Hakhnazarya, Frank Reinecke, Stefan Fehland, Simone Gramaglia, Helena Poggio, Carole Petitdemange, Leonhard Roczek, Alasdair Tait and André J. Roy.Marta Peño Arcenillas - Violin 1
Luis Rodríguez Lisbona - Violin 2
Aurora Rus Tomé - Viola
Arnold Rodríguez Zurrón - CelloThey play modern instruments from Cremona (Pascal Hornung, Diego Taje and Martin Gabbani) and a violin by an unknown author from the 18th century in Mittelwald.
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