Edward Seckerson, "Borodin Quartet, Wigmore Hall", The Independent (Online), UK

"The Borodin Quartet brings a lot of history to the table – 60 years, to be precise. Personnel may come and go, the balance of personalities may shift, but the identity remains resolutely intact.

Perceptions have changed immeasurably since the unforgettable candelight vigil of the last Shostakovich quartet in their legendary London cycle of the 1980s – none of those players are still with us – but this composer is still their collective signature and they play him with a very particular authority, as if the hotline to his every thought it still very much open."

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/reviews/borodin-quartet-wigmore-hall-1863587.html

Borodin Quartet arrives Sydney 9 February 2010

The Borodin Quartet arrives from Moscow in Sydney tonight (!) They are in Australia for the next three weeks performing in the capital cities. Watch out for media interviews over the next couple of days and concerts starting from this Friday.

Borodin Quartet

http://www.musicaviva.com.au/concertseason/performers/borodinquartet

BORODIN QUARTET (MOSCOW)

“You have to be deeply in love with the string quartet as a form in order to live the life of a string quartet.”

Igor Naidin, viola

Ruben Aharonian, violin
Andrei Abramenkov, violin
Igor Naidin, viola
Vladimir Balshin, cello

The Borodin Quartet considers the string quartet the most beautiful way to make music. Throughout the group’s illustrious career its unique identity has been closely linked with the so-called ‘Russian school’ of string playing. All of the group’s members studied at the Moscow Conservatory, absorbing this method as it evolved across the generations.

Formed in 1945, the Quartet’s remarkable history includes working with Dmitri Shostakovich on every one of his quartets, and performing on the same day at the funerals of both Stalin and Prokofiev.