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Atrium String Quartet (also known as Atrium Quartet) is a string quartet founded in 2000 in Saint Petersburg, and based in Berlin since 2006. It is considered one of the leading chamber ensembles of its generation. The quartet has won several prestigious international competitions, including First Prize at the 9th London International String Quartet Competition in 2003 (renamed the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition in 2022), and First Prize at the 7th Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition in 2007. Over the past 25 years, the Atrium Quartet has performed on five continents, giving more than 1,000 concerts in some of the world’s most renowned concert halls. Its repertoire includes complete string quartet cycles by
Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire ...
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Brahms Johannes Brahms (; ; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid- Romantic period. His music is noted for its rhythmic vitality and freer treatment of dissonance, often set within studied ye ...
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Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions include symphonie ...
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Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his Symphony No. 1 (Shostakovich), First Symphony in 1926 and thereafter was regarded ...
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Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ( ; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer during the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally. Tchaikovsky wrote some of the most popular ...
, and others. The ensemble is also known for its commitment to contemporary music: string quartets by Jordi Cervelló and Kuzma Bodrov were dedicated to the group. The quartet’s discography includes works by Shostakovich, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, and others, released on internationally recognized labels such as
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, Zig-Zag Territoires, and Profil Hänssler. A distinctive achievement in the quartet’s history is its unique project of performing the complete Shostakovich string quartets in a single day, which has been presented in Germany, France, Japan, Russia, and Iceland.


Members

* Violin I:
Nikita Boriso-Glebsky Nikita Arkadievich Boriso-Glebsky (; born 30 August 1985) is a Russian violinist, soloist of the Moscow Philharmonic Society, and winner of international music contests. He represented at the Eurovision Young Musicians 2002. Early life Nikita ...
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Sergey Malov Sergey Yefimovich Malov (; 28 January 1880, Kazan – 6 September 1957, Leningrad) was a Russian and Soviet Turkologist who made important contributions to the documentation of archaic and contemporary Turkic languages, classification of the Turk ...
(2015-2017); Alexey Naumenko (2000-2015) * Violin II: Anton Ilyunin, (since 2000) * Viola: Dmitry Pitulko (since 2004); Dmitry Usov (2000-2004) * Violoncello: Anna Gorelova (since 2000)


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