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After 25 years at the forefront of British chamber music, the Schubert Ensemble is firmly established as one of the world’s leading exponents of chamber music for piano and strings. Regularly giving over 60 concerts a year, the Ensemble has performed in over 40 different countries. In the last year it has performed in major concert halls in Europe and South Africa, including London’s Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw Hall, Oslo’s Konserthus and for the Coleman Chamber Series in California, and given a four-concert Brahms series for BBC Radio Three at St. George’s, Bristol. It has recently returned from the USA after touring in Oregon and California, and is now in the last year of a three-year residency at Cardiff University.

This year the Ensemble celebrates its 25th Anniversary year, which began with a concert at LSO St. Lukes on January 19th for the Barbican/BBC Judith Weir weekend. This was  followed by concerts in the  USA, 25th Anniversary concerts at the Purcell Room (February 19th) and Wigmore Hall (March 15th, November 1st and November 2nd), concerts in Ireland, Luxemburg and Turkey, and a four-concert Fauré series at St. George’s, Bristol, which will be broadcast on BBC Radio Three.

Alongside its busy concert schedule, the Ensemble has established a reputation for innovation in the field of new music, education and audience development. It has also built up strong relationships with many of the UK’s leading composers, and has an impressive list of over 80 commissions. Its vision in combining education and new music initiatives led to the creation of the groundbreaking national project, Chamber Music 2000. For further information visit the website on www.chambermusic2000.com

The Schubert Ensemble is supported by The Schubert Ensemble Trust which gratefully acknowledges funding from the PRS Foundation.

"...a vibrant, virtuoso performance... "
Los Angeles Times
"…one of the finest piano quartets performing today… "
Classic CD
"At the end, where the music rises to an orchestral exuberance, the performers swept us along irresistibly with that same combination of reckless abandon and perfect control"
The Telegraph
"..an account that combined passion, refinement and, in the slow movement, sheer desolation with impeccable control."
The Independent on Sunday
"...The Schubert Ensemble of London are a marvellously unified ensemble, imparting their energy and lyricism to anything to which they turn their expert hands..."
Classic FM Magazine
"…The performances by The Schubert Ensemble are exactly what the music requires – they fizzle with energy and pep."
Fanfare, USA