Programme
Haydn String Quartet in D major, Op. 20 No. 4
Allegro di molto
Un poco Adagio affettuoso
Allegretto alla zingarese
Presto scherzando
Bartok String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Sz. 67
Moderato
Allegro molto capriccioso
Lento
Artist bio
The Regency String Quartet was formed at the Royal Academy of Music in 2021 and comprises of scholars at London conservatoires. The quartet was generously supported by the Frost Trust Advanced Specialist Strings Ensemble Training Scheme from 2021-2024 through the Royal Academy of Music. They recently won the 2025 Royal Over-Seas League’s Annual Music Competition Strings and Keyboard Ensembles Prize and have also been selected as 2025/26 Kirckman Concert Society Artists.
The quartet is coached and mentored by Alex Redington from the Doric String Quartet and also receives coachings from Jon Thorne, So-Ock Kim, and Simon Rowland-Jones. They have participated in masterclasses with renowned musicians including Anthony Marwood, Lawrence Power, Isabel Charisius, Sini Simonen and Tim Frederikson.
The quartet has been awarded a number of prizes from the Royal Academy of Music including the Wolfe WolfinsohnString Quartet Prize, the Sir John Barbirolli Memorial Prize and the Historical Women Composers Prize for their rendition of Florence Price’s Piano Quintet in A minor.
Presented in association with the Royal Overseas League