Join us for a free lunchtime concert on the 14th June!

The Krius Quartet

Alfie Weinberg – Violin. Alfie was a member of the Young Strings Project at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire before studying at Chetham’s School of Music. At Chetham’s, Alfie’s quartet won the Catherine Perkins prize. Alfie was a member of the National Children’s Orchestra for 6 consecutive years and more recently has been a member of the CBSO Youth Orchestra since 2019. Alfie now studies violin at the Royal Academy of Music with Joshua Fisher, where he also plays in both the KRIUS Quartet and the Aureus Piano Trio. Alfie plays on a Paul Bailly, kindly loaned from the Benslow Instrument Loan Scheme.

Louis Solon – Violin. Originally from London, he moved to Devon and was awarded a music scholarship at Exeter School. Louis moved to the Purcell School for Sixth Form where he studied the violin with Joo-Yeon Sir and chamber music with William Fong and Richard Jenkinson. He was a section principal in the Symphony Orchestra and is now a student in the class of Joshua Fisher at the Royal Academy of Music. Louis plays on a Jai Hyde 2017.

Theo Hayward – Viola. Theo is a Belfast born violist passionate about music of all forms. After switching from violin to viola aged 13, he has played in a number of orchestras such as the City of Belfast and Ulster Youth Orchestras, holding the position of principal violist in the National Youth Orchestras of Wales and Great Britain. He has enjoyed personal successes such as placing 3rd in the Northern Ireland Young Musician of the Year, winning the prestigious Stephen Parker Award. He currently plays with the KRIUS and Citadel Quartets within the Academy. Theo plays on a David Milward 2013.

Frederick Carter – Cello. Frederick has been surrounded by music in his family and around him all his life and picked up the cello studying the Suzuki method, playing in both large and small ensembles. Since then, Frederick has played in the National Children’s Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra and is now a student at the Royal Academy of Music studying with Christoph Richter. Frederick plays with the KRIUS Quartet made up of Royal Academy of Music students and looks forward to exploring a wide variety of music from baroque to Scottish reels. Frederick plays on a Sylvestre Maucotel kindly loaned by the Benslow Instrument Loan Scheme

Programme:

Haydn Op.20 No.4 and Beethoven Op.18 No.3