Penny Quartet have gained a reputation as a driven and multifaceted voice in Australian chamber music. Founded in early 2014, the group brings a fresh and vibrant approach to music making.
In their inaugural year, they were nominated for the Freedman Fellowship award, were the recipients of the John and Rosemary Macleod Travelling Fellowship and winners of the Australian National Academy of Music Chamber Music Competition. Since then, Penny Quartet have been ensemble in residence at festivals such as the Four Winds Festival, Canberra International Music Festival and have toured regularly across the country. They made their international debut as full scholarship holders at the St. Lawrence String Quartet seminar at Stanford, CA.
Penny Quartet regularly collaborate and record with various composers and musicians, both independently and as Festival artists. They have been a part of the Melbourne Recital Centre subscription series since late 2017 and are two-time recipients of the MRC Contemporary Masters Award.
With diverse individual backgrounds and experiences across the globe, the group brings together years of knowledge and training to create a mature quartet sound. The Penny Quartet's repertoire is wide and varied; a love for the core quartet repertoire is intertwined with an urge to explore less charted territory.
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Penny Quartet works and performs on Stolen Land. We acknowledge the First Nations custodians of country throughout Australia and recognise their connection to land, waters and sky and as the oldest continuing music-making culture in the world. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.