The ensemble will also perform String Quartet No. 4 by Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969), widely regarded as one of the most important 20th-century women composers.
Founded in 1998 by students of the Warsaw Music Academy, the Royal String Quartet has established itself as one of Europe’s foremost chamber ensembles.
The group has long-standing ties with Britain, having taken part in the BBC’s New Generation Artists programme two decades ago. It has since performed at the BBC Proms and at London’s Wigmore Hall.
The quartet has recorded extensively for the Hyperion label, focusing in particular on Polish repertoire, including works by Karol Szymanowski, Ludomir Różycki, Krzysztof Penderecki, Witold Lutosławski, Henryk Górecki, Paweł Mykietyn and Aleksander Nowak.
The music magazine Gramophone has praised the ensemble’s interpretations as "confident and energetic, characterised by a vast array of dynamics and timbres, with carefully planned, surprising twists.”
The Royal String Quartet consists of violinists Izabella Szalaj-Ziman and Elwira Przybyłowska, violist Paulina Czarny and cellist Michał Pepol.
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