Fibonacci Quartet
United Kingdom / Spain
Kryštof Kohout, violin
Luna De Moi, violin
Elliot Kempton, viola
Findlay Spence, cello
Biography
The Fibonacci Quartet are one of Europe’s leading young string quartets, regularly performing at venues such as Wigmore Hall, Auditorio Sony, Conway Hall, and Museo del Violino Cremona. The Quartet are a resident ensemble at the Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia in Madrid with Guenter Pichler (Alban Berg Quartet) and at the Dutch String Quartet Academy with Marc Danel (Danel Quartet). They have received mentoring from Quartetto di Cremona at the Stauffer Centre and have been privileged to work with Eberhard Feltz and Alasdair Tait.
The quartet was recently awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Henderson Chamber Award and have received prizes including First Prizes in the Royal Overseas League Competition, the Cavatina Competition, the Triomphe de l’Art Competition, the Beethoven Competition as well as the Audience Prize at the Schiermonnikoog Festival and the Special Prizes including “Shostakovich Association Paris” and “Peermusik Hamburg” Prize.
The quartet frequently perform in association with ProQuartet and Le Dimore del Quartetto and are Philip & Dorothy Green Young Artists.
They regularly make TV and radio appearances including on Dutch National Television and BBC Radio 3, and were privileged to work closely with Kaija Saariaho on a new recording of ‘Terra Memoria’ in collaboration with the Barbican centre and BBC.
The Fibonacci Quartet are supported by Escuela Superior Reina Sofía the Hattori Foundation, Fondation Biermans-Lapôtre and Talent Unlimited.