... The strength of their interpretation lay in the entire sound, in the
matching of the instruments...
NEUE ZEIT, February, 1997
... A group formed at the St.Petersburg Conservatoire three years ago, the
Quinten-Quartet (Nevsky String Quartet) combine the freshness and vitality
of youth with an
instrumental mastery and sense of ensemble that is usually associated with
decades of playing together...
THE SCOTSMAN, 30 August, 1997
The Nevsky String Quartet (formerly the Quinten Quartet) was founded in 1995 by students of the St. Petersburg Conservatoire.
The current members are:
- Tatiana Razoumova
- Anna Tchijik
- Vladimir Bistritsky
- Dmitry Khrytchev
After studies in Germany, Austria and the UK, the group completed postgraduate studies at the St. Petersburg Conservatoire under Prof. A. Dogadin.
The many awards and prizes won in Russia, The Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Sweden have included The International D. Shostakovich String Quartet Competition (1996 and 1999) and the Karl-Klingler String Quartet Competition in Berlin's "Barenreiter-Prize" for the best interpretation of a string quartet compositions (Mozart and Beethoven) in accordance with historical performing practice (1998).
The Quartet's recent programme has included:
Address:
195298 St.-Petersburg,
Lenskaja 15-83,
Vladimir Bystritsky,
Russia
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For further details, see Nevsky String Quartet