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Nightingale String Quartet

Nightingale String Quartet

 

The Nightingale String Quartet was founded in 2007 by violinists Gunvor Sihm and Josefine Dalsgaard, violist Marie Louise Broholt Jensen, and cellist Louisa Schwab. All four are currently studying for their masters at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen with Tim Frederiksen as their chamber music mentor and coach.

The Nightingale String Quartet has won prizes at several national as well as international chamber music competitions. In June 2008 the Quartet won First Prize at the Royal Danish Academy of Music’s scholarship chamber music competition. After having only played together for a year and a half, the Quartet won Second Prize at the Danish National Radio’s Chamber Music Competition in February 2009. This started a long series of concerts in chamber music societies across Denmark. In April 2010 the Quartet was awarded Second Prize at the “Charles Hennen Concours” International Chamber Music Competition in Holland. As a result of this prize the ensemble was invited to take part in the “Orlando Festival” summer course in Holland, along with only three other prize-winning quartets. At the festival they received daily coaching from the legendary Shmuel Ashkenasi as well as performing several concerts around the area.

Since the course, the Quartet has continued to study with Shmuel Ashkenasi in Chicago. During 2010/11, the Quartet recorded Rued Langgaards string quartets for the Danish record label DACAPO. The first of three CDs is expected to be released in December 2011.