Profile & Special Focus
Formed in 2006 while students at the Gheorghe Dima Music Academy in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. An extraordinary project is on the way with Chandos Records: the recording of all 17 string quartets of Mieczysław Weinberg.
Awards
1st prize at Osaka International Chamber Music Competition 2014
1st prize at Wigmore Hall London International String Quartet Competition 2012
1st prize at International Chamber Music Competition Hamburg 2009
Partners, cooperations and past performances
Concerts at:
Cité international des arts & Salle Gaveau, Paris (FR)
Alte Oper Frankfurt; Konzerthaus Berlin (DE)
Pollack Hall, Montreal (CA)
The Royal Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (NL)
Wigmore Hall, London (UK)
Suntory Hall, Tokyo; Izumi Hall, Osaka (JP)
Musikverein, Vienna (AT)
Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest (RO)Festivals:
Budapest Spring Festival (HU)
International George Enescu Festival, Bucharest (RO)
Aldeburgh Festival; North Norfolk Music Festival (UK)
Q’arto Mondi Festival Poznań (PL)
Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern; Kammermusiktage Mettlach (DE)
Zeist Music Days Festival (NL)Collaborations with:
Marin Cazacu, Diana Ligeti, Amit Peled, Remus Azoiței, Sarah Chang, Robert Levin, János Bálint, Seiya Ueno, Ad Libitum Quartet, Con Tempo Quartet, Belcea QuartetCDs:
Mendelssohn & Brahms (released 2009)
Janacek – The Two String Quartets (released 2013)
Bártok: Complete String Quartets (released 2017): Disc of the Week by BBC Radio 3, one of the best albums of October 2018 by WQXR- FM in New York, and Disc of the Month by Classica magazine in January 2019
Weinberg String Quartets Vol. 1, 2 & 3 (released in 2021, 2022 & 2023)Upcoming concerts and tours
2024
July 2024 - Gustav Mahler Musikwochen, Toblach (AT)2025
TBA: JapanReviews & Feedback
‘The Arcadia Quartet take us through different emotions with lovely textural colour and a technical adroitness that is quite outstanding, especially their bowing skill. Each of the players display exceptional musicianship and agility creating gravity and substance producing commanding performances.’ [Weinberg Vol. 3] – Andrew Palmer, Chimeo, April 2023
‘there’s also always a sense that the music is entirely grounded, each gesture unfolding as naturally as breathing. (...) The Arcadia Quartet totally commits to the music.’ [Weinberg Vol. 2] – Limelight Magazine, June 2022
‘(...) The Arcadias negotiate the ebb and flow of the musical argument with compelling power, unleashing an almost unhinged sense of emotional collapse when Weinberg’s writing is at its most ferocious.’ [Weinberg Vol. 2] – Classical Music by BBC Music Magazine, June 2022
Ensemble & Instrumentation
Studied at:
Gheorghe Dima Music Academy in Cluj-Napoca; mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts ViennaAna Török - Violin 1
Răsvan Dumitru - Violin 2
Traian Boală – Viola
Zsolt Török - Cello
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