The Rimsky-Korsakov String Quartet

Our International Collaboration

In 2018, Vox Musica and The Rimsky-Korsakov String Quartet became collaborating artists. Twice a year, Vox Musica brings this internationally acclaimed String Quartet from St. Petersburg, Russia, to the Sacramento region to perform for our community. Since our first performance, we have curated four concert projects together.

The Quartet

The Rimsky-Korsakov String Quartet, based in Saint Petersburg, Russia, formed in 1939, is a monument to Russian musical history. The present members Mikhail Bondarev (violin), Ekaterina Belisova (violin), Alexei Popov (viola), Anton Andreev (cello) are graduates of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory who, by virtue of a shared background steeped in the grand tradition of Russian music making, achieve organic and convincing interpretations of a diverse repertoire of masterworks, Russian classics, and contemporary masters. The Quartet champions the music of Russian composers with the core of their repertoire being the music of Borodin, Tchaikovsky, Glazunov, Taneyev and Stravinsky. Visit their website for more information: http://en.rkq.spb.ru

Past Performances

March 2018 - Pergolesi’s Stabat Matet, Tchaikovsky’s Quartet No 2, Benjamin Martinson’s Nitlayocoya for SSAA Choir & String Quartet.

October 2018 - Bedřich Smetana’s String Quartet No 1 in E minor ‘From my life’, Dmitri Shostakovich’s String Quartet No 3 in F major, Op 73, and John Tavener’s The Bridegroom for SSAA Choir & String Quartet.

March 2019 - Felix Mendelssohn’s String Quartet No 3, Op 44 No 1, Capriccio op. 81 no. 3 in E minor, and Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov’s String Quartet in G major

October 2019 - Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet No 11, “Serioso,” Op 95 in F minor, Alexander Glazunov’s String Quartet No. 3, “Slavonic,” Op 26 in G major, Mårten Jansson’s Missa Popularis for SSAA Choir & String Quartet.

Future Performances

Due to COVID-19 we are unable to bring the quartet to the USA. Once travel restrictions have lifted we will continue our RIMSKY SERIES.