Marmen Quartet

Johannes Marmen, Laia Valentin Braun [violins],
Bryony Gibson-Cornish [viola],
Sinéad O’Halloran [cello]

With a growing reputation for the courage, vitality and intensity of its performances the Marmen Quartet is fast establishing itself as one of the most impressive and engaging talents in the chamber music arena. 2019 marked a year of significant achievement for the Quartet, with First Prizes at both the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition and Banff International String Quartet Competition, where they were also awarded the Haydn and Canadian Commission prizes. Other accolades include first prize at the Royal Overseas League Competition (2018) and awards at the International Joseph Joachim Chamber Music Competition.

The Marmen Quartet has performed at leading European venues. Further afield, the Quartet made its Australian debut in 2023, taking part in the Australian National Academy of Music’s Quartetthaus project. A showcase of both musical and architectural talent, the Quartetthaus programme featured works by both Australian and British artists including a new piece written for the Marmen Quartet by Hannah Kendall. Previous commissions have included Salina Fisher’s work Heal, written for the Marmen in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and commissioned by Chamber Music New Zealand. Looking ahead to the 23/24 season, the Quartet gives the premiere of a new work by Garth Knox written for them as a companion piece to Janacek’s Intimate Letters Quartet, commissioned for them by the National String Quartet Foundation Ireland.