Belcea Quartet Presented by Liszt Academy

Outstanding Romanian-born violinist Corina Belcea established Belcea Quartet in 1994 with three other students of the London Royal College of Music. Following coaching by the Amadeus String Quartet and then Alban Berg Quartet, the ensemble were one of the first discoveries of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists mentor programme. Six years after their establishment they were playing in New York Carnegie Hall, after which they gave concerts at London’s Wigmore Hall as resident string quartet for five years. Their first album was chosen as Recording of the Year by Gramophone. Since then they have made another 11 albums, including complete Bartók and Beethoven string quartets. They give a sample of the latter at this Liszt Academy appearance after performing a quartet each by Haydn and Britten.