Thumos String Quartet (IT) 12.09.2024. in the Church of St.Euphemia

The String Quartet Thumós is made up of students graduated from the Conservatory of Milan who have been collaborating since the summer of 2022 in the common interest of taking the professional path associated with the formation of the Quartet.

From October 2022, he will participate in the Stauffer Artist Diploma course for string quartet at the Stauffer Academy, taught by quartet masters from Cremona. They participated in chamber music masterclasses given by distinguished professors such as the Jerusalem Quartet, Schumann Quartett, Ida Bieler, Eckart Runge, Miguel Da Silva, Mark Messenger and Nathan Braude.

In January 2023, the quartet was selected to join the Le Dimore del Quartetto network, with which it often collaborates.

Thanks to the Stauffer Academy, they had the opportunity to participate in a cultural exchange with the Royal College of Music in London, which ended with a concert at the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall.

They participated as guests in the RAI Radio3 show “Voci in Barcaccia”.

In 2023, the quartet won the first prize in the chamber music category of the 9th edition of the Milan Conservatory Prize, and in 2024, the first prize and the special prize “Chamber Music for Europe” at the 28th edition of the “Rospigliosi” competition.

Members of the quartet graduated from the Conservatory of Music “G. Verdi” in Milan and the Conservatory in Lugano. From October 2023, they attend the master’s degree in chamber music for strings and piano at the Kunst Universität in Graz, taught by M. Alexander Pavlovsky (first violin of the Jerusalem Quartet).

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