Valo Quartet
String Quartets of Haydn & Beethoven
Launched at the beginning of this season, the Valo Quartet was created out of a mutual desire to delve more profoundly into the string quartet repertoire. The members (originally from Poland, the UK and Finland) have come together and often collaborated in various formations at festivals and series across Europe, such as Festival Resonances in Belgium. A shared spirit of spontaneity became the perfect starting point to develop a sense of enduring growth, the guiding light (Valo – ‘light’ in Finnish) being the union of meaningful exploration of the score and trust in the individual player’s musical instincts.
They are excited to be presenting Haydn's string quartet op.64 no.2 and Beethoven’s wonderful ‘Harp’ string quartet at Splendor!
VALO Quartet:
Maria Wloszczowska - viool
Tim Crawford - viool
Lilli Maijala - altviool
Amy Norrington - cello
Joseph Haydn - String Quartet op. 64 no.2
Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet no.10 op. 74 “the Harp”