Goldner String Quartet

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The Goldner String Quartet is an Australian string quartet formed in 1995 in honour of Richard Goldner, the founder of Musica Viva Australia.

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History

In 1997 the Goldner String Quartet made its debut at the Wigmore Hall in London, and has since appeared there regularly, as well as at the Cheltenham, Newbury and Brighton Festivals, and at the Saison musicale d'été de Sceaux [a] in France. In March 2000, the Quartet performed a major retrospective of 20th century string quartets at the Adelaide Festival. In October 2001 the Quartet made its American debut with concerts at the 92nd Street Y in New York City, and in Washington, D.C. It has undertaken three extensive tours of New Zealand, including in 2006, and also toured to Korea that year. [1]

The quartet performed its first complete Beethoven cycle for Musica Viva in 2004, a live recording of which has been released by ABC Classics. [1] [2] It is particularly interested in 20th-century music, and has recorded an album of string quartets by Carl Vine. [2] [3] BBC Music Magazine judged the Goldners' recording of music by Ernest Bloch "one of the year's top three releases". [2]

The Goldners have played throughout Australia and New Zealand, as well in the UK, USA, Korea, Finland, France and Italy, and with artists such as Boris Berman, Ian Munro, Piers Lane, Daniel Adni, Malcolm Bilson, Brett Dean and Slava Grigoryan. [4]

Dissolution announced

In August 2023 the Goldner String Quartet announced that the 2024 season would be its last. [5]

Members

The quartet consists of Dene Olding and Dimity Hall (violins), Irina Morozova (viola; an ex-pupil of Goldner) [6] and Julian Smiles (cello). These players are familiar to each other as they all are members of the Australia Ensemble (a group based at the University of New South Wales). In addition, Olding and Morozova are married, as are Hall and Smiles. [7] [8]

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2009 Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets Best Classical Album Nominated [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Melbourne Recital Centre" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 The Age, 7 November 2009, Chamber group's encore performance
  3. ↑ Unit, Commercial Development. "Carl Vine Quartets - Goldner String Quartet". ABC Shop. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  4. ↑ Goldner String Quartet Archived 2008-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Briggs, Maddy (11 August 2023). "Goldner String Quartet calls it a day". Limelight. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "Musica Viva: Irina Morozova". Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
  7. ↑ Atkinson, Knight, McPhee: The dictionary of performing arts in Australia
  8. ↑ Goldner String Quartet @ Melbourne Recital Centre [ permanent dead link ]
  9. ↑ ARIA Award previous winners. "ARIA Awards – Winners by Award". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 9 July 2022.
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