Founded in 2019 in Berlin, the Leonkoro Quartet debuted at Norfolk & Norwich Festival as one of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation artists in 2023.
Having garnered widespread and effusive praise, they are rapidly becoming one of the most exciting ensembles on the international scene, with a reputation for technical excellence and thoughtful, impassioned performances. This year they return to the Festival with a fabulously beautiful programme including Alban Berg’s Lyric Suite, written for his secret lover Hanna Fuchs, which he called ‘a small monument to a great love’.
Haydn String Quartet in F major, Op. 50, No. 5, The Dream
Berg Lyric Suite
Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 4 in F minor, Op. 44, No. 2
‘The Leonkoro Quartet … has an enormous stage presence, glows for the music, takes full risks and amazes with its empathy for the respective sound of the pieces …’ Frankfurter Allgemeine ZeitungHaving garnered widespread and effusive praise, they are rapidly becoming one of the most exciting ensembles on the international scene, with a reputation for technical excellence and thoughtful, impassioned performances. This year they return to the Festival with a fabulously beautiful programme including Alban Berg’s Lyric Suite, written for his secret lover Hanna Fuchs, which he called ‘a small monument to a great love’.
Haydn String Quartet in F major, Op. 50, No. 5, The Dream
Berg Lyric Suite
Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 4 in F minor, Op. 44, No. 2
‘The Leonkoro Quartet … has an enormous stage presence, glows for the music, takes full risks and amazes with its empathy for the respective sound of the pieces …’ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
