Prize-winning Quartet returns to Bangor

The all-female Benyounes String Quartet returns to Bangor University for two concerts this week after winning the prestigious Daisy de Saugy Prize for an exceptional chamber music recital last week in Geneva.  This will be the quartet’s third visit to Bangor, and follows recent concerts in festivals across Europe which have attracted considerable attention – “catch one of their recitals if you can” wrote a reviewer after a performance in Swansea – as well as a special invited performance for the Prime Minister at No.10 Downing Street in July.

“It’s always great to return to North Wales, and Powis Hall is a wonderful venue for chamber music,” says violist Sara Roberts, who is from Llanfairpwll, Anglesey.

The Benyounes Quartet will perform a lunchtime recital on Friday 14 October, which will include Mozart’s well-known string quartet in G major K387, and a quirky, jazz-influenced piece by the French composer Thierry Escaich. Saturday evening’s concert will comprise three of the finest works in the string quartet repertoire, including the last completed quartet by Haydn, the ‘father of the string quartet’.

Concerts: Friday 14 October, PJ Hall, Bangor University, 1.15pm

Saturday, 15 October, Powis Hall, Bangor University, 7.30pm

Publication date: 10 October 2011