Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective

About

The renowed Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective performs a morning of piano quartet masterpieces, featuring works by Pejačević, Holloway, and Brahms.

Dora Pejačević Piano Quartet in D minor, Op. 25

Robin Holloway Piano Quartet (world premiere)

Johannes Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25

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Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective, hailed for its “exhilarating performances” (The Times), was dreamed up in 2017 by Tom Poster and Elena Urioste, who met through the BBC New Generation Artists Scheme. Kaleidoscope’s flexible roster features many of today’s most inspirational musicians, both instrumentalists and singers, and its creative programming is marked by an ardent commitment to celebrating diversity of all forms and a desire to unearth lesser-known gems of the repertoire.

In 2020, Kaleidoscope was appointed Associate Ensemble at Wigmore Hall, where the group makes multiple appearances each season, and was invited to give the Hall’s 120th birthday concert in May 2021. Kaleidoscope broadcasts regularly on BBC Radio 3 and has recently enjoyed major residencies at Aldeburgh, Cheltenham, Lammermuir and Ischia festivals, as well as a debut at the BBC Proms.

Kaleidoscope’s debut recording for Chandos Records, American Quintets, received glowing reviews and a BBC Music Magazine Award nomination, and immediately led to an invitation to record a series of albums for the label. A subsequent album of Coleridge-Taylor chamber works was shortlisted for a Gramophone Award, and a Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn disc was included in The Times ’10 best classical records of 2022’. Recent releases include Transfigured (featuring music of Schoenberg, Alma Mahler, Webern and Zemlinsky), an album of Reynaldo Hahn’s chamber music and songs, and a three-disc series of the piano quartets of Brahms and his female contemporaries.

Passionate about inspiring the next generation of musicians, Kaleidoscope has featured in Wigmore Hall’s Learning Festival, directed courses for the Benedetti Foundation, and held a visiting professorship at the Royal Academy of Music for the 2022-23 academic year. Recent and forthcoming performance highlights include concerts in London and Dortmund with Hilary Hahn, a debut at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, and two extensive tours of the USA. In 2024, Kaleidoscope was shortlisted for the Royal Philharmonic Society Ensemble Award.

For more information, please visit www.kaleidoscopecc.com, where you can also find links to the individual musicians’ websites.

Season supported by Margaret Polmear in memory of Andrew Polmear

In Association with Strings Attached