Elias String Quartet | Ensemble

The Elias String Quartet takes its name from Mendelssohn’s oratorio Elijah – of which Elias is the German form – and has quickly established itself as one of the most intense and vibrant quartets of its generation. The quartet was formed in 1998 at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, where the members worked closely with the late Dr Christopher Rowland; they also spent a year studying at the Hochschule in Cologne with the Alban Berg Quartett. Other mentors have included Hugh Maguire, György Kurtág, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Henri Dutilleux and Rainer Schmidt.