THE FITZWILLIAM STRING QUARTET

Lucy Russell - violin
Colin Scobie - violin
Heather Tuach - cello
Alan George - viola

LATEST NEWS!
-Listen out for the FSQ playing Delius 'Late Swallows' on BBC Radio 3 'In Tune' on Thursday January 26th at 4:30pm.
-Concert on Sunday January 29th at Conway Hall in London: Delius (on his birthday!), Grieg and Grainger.
-The FSQ will be in residence at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania from February 2-17.
-Coming soon: The complete string quartets by John Ramsay http://www.divineartrecords.com/CD/28528info.htm
-FSQ Quartet course June 3-10 in Corciano, Italy http://www.corcianostringquartetretreat.org/
-Martin Randall Travel chamber music weekend (April 27-29) at Jesmond Dene House in Newcastle: http://www.martinrandall.com/tour/418-the+fitzwilliam+quartet/intro/
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The Fitzwilliam Quartet first sat down to play together as undergraduates during their inaugural term at Cambridge, in Autumn 1968. Their first concert appearance took place the following March, followed in June by their public debut at the Sheffield Arts Festival.

After graduating in 1971 they went straight to their first professional appointment, as Resident Quartet at York University, where they quickly achieved worldwide recognition through their close association with Dmitri Shostakovich, who befriended them following a visit there to hear them play.

The Fitzwilliam was one of the first of a long line of eminent quartets to have emerged under the guidance of Sidney Griller at the Royal Academy of Music, where they travelled from York every Monday for over three years. Since then they have performed across Britain, Europe, North America, the Far East, and Southern Africa, as well as making many award winning LPs/CDs for Decca and Linn.

Today, over 40 years later, they are known for performing a wide repertoire on both early and modern instrument setups.