THE award-winning Partridge String Quartet will appear as guest artists for the Coffs Harbour Music Society’s 2026 concert season, presenting works by Debussy, Mozart, and Holly Harrison.
The concert takes place at St John Paul College Theatre on Friday 27 March at 7.30pm.
The Partridge String Quartet maestros are violinists Jos Jonker and Rebecca Shirley, violist Eunise Cheng, and cellist Daniel Smith.
“Our audiences adore string quartets,” Coffs Harbour Music Society Director Leigh Summers told News Of The Area.
“The Partridge is sure to please with a vibrant and exhilarating performance.
“The Coffs Harbour concert will feature Mozart’s beloved String Quartet No. 23, Debussy’s luscious String Quartet in G minor and a new work by Holly Harrison titled Fluro Electric,” she said.
During their studies the group was selected as one of ten string quartets internationally for a three-week program at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Canada.
In June 2022 they attended the Curtis Institute of Music for a string quartet course with the Dover Quartet, supported by the Curtis Institute, the Ernest Llewllyn Memorial Trust and Musica Viva Australia.
The Partridge String Quartet was formed at the Australian National Academy of Music in 2017.
They have received national recognition winning major prizes including the 2019 Queensland International Chamber Music Competition, the 2018 ANAM Chamber Music Competition, and the Musica Viva Chamber Music Prize (2017).
As Musica Viva Australia ‘Future Makers’ (2020–2022), they worked with leading artists across disciplines, culminating in two video productions of George Crumb’s Black Angels (2023).
They have performed at the Port Fairy Spring Festival (2019, 2022), Canberra International Music Festival (2021), and other projects around Australia featured on the Violin Channel, CutCommon, Limelight and The Strad.
By Andrea FERRARI
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