Sacconi Quartet

‘A beautiful blend of sound … highly engaging’

The Times

Britain’s longest-established string quartet, for twenty-five years the Sacconi Quartet have been captivating audiences with their unanimous and compelling ensemble, consistently communicating with a fresh and imaginative approach. Formed in 2001, the four founder members share an unwavering passion for the string quartet repertoire, infectiously reaching out to audiences with their energy and enthusiasm.

The Sacconi’s prolific recording career covers a broad swathe of repertoire from Haydn to present day. Their albums of works by Jonathan Dove, Graham Fitkin, Roxanna Panufnik and John McCabe have drawn critical acclaim.  Their premiere recording of Vaughan Williams’s Five Mystical Songs in its arrangement by the composer for baritone, piano and string quintet, will be released shortly on Albion Records.

For their twenty-fifth anniversary, the Quartet commissioned Freya Waley-Cohen’s Hymns & Songs for

Friendship, which they premiered at their Wigmore Hall birthday concert. Their film of Dove’s first quartet Out of Time is now available to all on YouTube, and they continue to give fully staged performances of Beethoven’s late quartets, entirely from memory, in collaboration with theatre director Tom Morris.

The Sacconi Quartet is Quartet in Residence for the town of Folkestone and its surrounding areas, enabling creative collaborations with local artists and projects, and an embedded outreach programme. Their Sacconi Chamber Music Festival in Folkestone is firmly established among the UK’s major chamber music festivals and attracts audiences from far and near for its vibrant atmosphere and dynamic programming.

The Quartet is indebted to the Royal Society of Musicians and Ellen Solomon for the use of their instruments.