Ficino Quartet

Ficino Quartet

Friday, 10 December 2021, 8.00pm

Formed in 2013, the Ficino Ensemble has been committed to exploring the vast chamber music repertoire and presenting thoughtfully programmed concerts.

The group regularly perform as a string quartet, and the addition of winds and percussion gives the possibility of playing large-scale chamber works. The members share a dedicated approach to contemporary music and have been invited to play as part of Moving on Music in Belfast, where they performed works by John Buckley, Anselm McDonnell and Ian Wilson.

In 2019 they collaborated with several composers of the Irish Composers Collective, where the musicians worked on pieces with the composers and premiered several new works for flute,harp and viola. Ficino Ensemble was recently joined by the Con Tempo String Quartet in a performance of works by Brahms, Mendelssohn and Enescu as part of the Dublin Enescu Festival.

In 2018 they performed a concert with Olwen Fouéréas part of MusicTown in Dublin, which included a performance of Thomas Ades’ Four Quarters and Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet Op. 132. Their debut recording Winter, released on the Ergodosrecord label, has received critical acclaim and has put them at the forefront of the Irish chamber music scene.

Ficino Ensemble features musicians Elaine Clark, Siun Milne, Nathan Sherman and Ailbhe McDonagh and takes the name from Marsilio Ficino, the Renaissance philosopher who regarded music as a “contemplation of the divine”.

Presented by the National String Quartet Foundation, in partnership with The Arts Council & RTE.

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Published by Siamsa Tíre Tralee Co. Kerry on 4 November 2021

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