Ensemble Alumni

Agbeko

• Live recording session at The Yard
• First international appearance at Meadows in the Mountains festival, Bulgaria
• Performed at the Green Man Festival 2018
• First sell out Manchester show, at Soup Kitchen in 2018
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Aquarelle Guitar Quartet

• One of Britain’s leading chamber groups
• Admired for ground-breaking work in developing the guitar quartet medium
• Signed exclusively to Chandos

Aronowitz Ensemble

• 2006 BBC New Generation Artists
• Awarded a 2008 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Special Ensemble Scholarship

BackBeat Percussion Quartet

• Winners of major competitions worldwide, including ROSL ARTS, Park Lane Group, Japan’s International Chamber Music Festival and the Concert Artists Guild in the US

Barbirolli Quartet

• International reputation for diverse, prolific repertoire and dynamic approach to performance

Belcea Quartet

• Quartet in Residence, Vienna Konzerthaus and Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Benyounes Quartet

• 2012 International Sandor Vegh String Quartet Competition winners
• Second Prize, 2014 Orlando International String Quartet Competition

Cobalt Brass

• Winners, 2018 Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Competition
• Winners, 2018 Christopher Rowland Chamber Music Prize
• Made television debut in 2018, featured in ITV's Christmas broadcast schedule
• Finalists, Royal Philharmonic Society's Henderson Award 2019
• Advocates for commissioning new repertory for brass quintet
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Brodsky Quartet

• Royal Philharmonic Society Award for outstanding contribution to innovation in programming

Cavaleri Quartet

• Winners, 2011 Royal Over-Seas League Ensemble Competition
• First Prize, 2012 Hamburg International Chamber Music Competition

Elias Quartet

• BBC Radio 3’s New Generation Artists 2009-11
• Winner, Borletti-Buitoni Award for the Beethoven Project - performing (worldwide) and recording the complete Beethoven string quartets

Finzi Quartet

• Prize-winners, 2010 Royal Over-Seas League Competition and 5th Trondheim International String Quartet Competition, Norway

Fitzwilliam Quartet

• First group to record and perform all 15 of Shostakovich's string quartets
• International performing career spanning over 40 years
• Multi award-winning recordings for Decca, Linn and Divine Art Records

Fournier Trio

• Second Prize and Audience Prize-winners, 2011 Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition
• 2013 Parkhouse Award winners

GoGo Penguin

• 2014 Mercury Prize Album of the Year nominees
• 2015 Jazz FM Award-winners
• Signed three album deal with Blue Note Records

Gould Trio

• International career; winners of the inaugural Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition
• Extensive recording catalogue on Chandos/Naxos/Champs Hill and Hyperion labels

Heath Quartet

• Professors of Chamber Music, Guildhall School of Music and Drama
• First Prize, 2008 Tromp Competition
• 2011 Borlett-Buitoni Special Ensemble Scholarship
• Ensemble Prize, 2012 Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Ideal Forgery

• Manchester-based Alternative Rock band
• Released debut EP in 2017
• Performed sell-out shows in leading Manchester venues
• Released their single Chase the Light in 2018, followed by a UK tour

Manchester Collective

• Collaborated and toured with electronic artist Vessel, cellist Abel Selaocoe and Chesaba
• Commissioned works by artists Edmund Finnis, Hannah Peel, Freya Waley-Cohen, Laurence Osborn
• Produced 10 Isolation Broadcasts through COVID lockdown
• Record exclusively for Icelandic label Bedroom Community
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Manchester Piano Trio

• One of Britain’s most established and popular chamber ensembles

Marici Saxes

United Kingdom

• Second album Origin due for release in September 2020
• Recital and festival appearances around the UK, and internationally
• Performed at the World Saxophone Congress in Croatia
• Debut album Light released in 2017
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Navarra Quartet

• Selected for representation by YCAT 2006 – 10
• MIDEM Classique Young Artist Award-winners
• Prize-winners at the Banff, Melbourne and Florence International String Quartet Competitions
• Holders of a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship

Porij

• Featured artists on the 6 Music playlist
• Released debut album Teething in 2024
• Appearances at Glastonbury Festival
• Supported Coldplay at the Etihad Stadium
• Associate Members of the RNCM (ARNCM)

Rhodes Piano Trio

• 2008 ROSL ARTS Elias Fawcett Award winners
• Selected for representation by YCAT in 2010
• Second Prize-winners, 2011 Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition

Solem Quartet

• Signed 3 album deal with Delphian Records
• Residency at Norfolk and Norwich Festival
• Performances at Kettle's Yard, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, and Leeds International Concert Series
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Sylvette

• Released two albums Waiting in the Bliss and Stiller than Still
• Filmed tour documentary Sylvette a Vignette
• Appearances include headline gig at Band on the Wall
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Tokyo Quartet

• Regarded as one of the supreme chamber ensembles of the world
• A 40-year international performing career
• Comprehensive catalogue of critically-acclaimed recordings and distinguished teaching record

Vanbrugh Quartet

• Ireland’s longest established professional chamber ensemble
• Resident string quartet to national broadcaster of Ireland, RTÉ
• Artists-in-residence, National University of Ireland

Zelkova Quartet

• Winners, Elias Fawcett Trust Prize for Outstanding Chamber Ensemble at the 2014 Royal Over-Seas League Competition
• Selected for the St John's Smith Square Young Artists Programme, 2014/15