Flinders Quartet

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Flinders Quartet
OriginMelbourne, Australia
Years active2000 -
MembersHelen Ireland
Zoe Knighton
Thibaud Pavlovic-Hobba
Wilma Smith
Past membersMatthew Tomkins
Erica Kennedy
Shane Chen
Helen Ayres
Nicolas Waters

Flinders Quartet is an Australian string quartet.[1][2] They were formed in 2000 by Helen Ireland, Zoe Knighton, Matthew Tomkins and Erica Kennedy. In 2012 Helen Ayres and Shane Chen replaced Tomkins and Kennedy.[3] Ayres was in turn replaced by Nicholas Waters in 2015.

Karin Schaupp & Flinders Quartet's album Fandango received a nomination for the 2011 ARIA Award for Best Classical Album.

Current members[]

  • Thibaud Pavlovic-Hobba - violin
  • Wilma Smith - violin
  • Helen Ireland - viola
  • Zoe Knighton - cello

Past members[]

  • Nicholas Waters - violin
  • Shane Chen - violin
  • Helen Ayres - violin
  • Erica Kennedy - violin
  • Matthew Tomkins - violin

Discography[]

Flinders Quartet

  • Intimate Voices: Sibelius String Quartets (2015) - ABC Classics

Karin Schaupp & Flinders Quartet

  • Fandango (2011) - ABC Classics

Genevieve Lacey & Flinders Quartet

  • Reinventions (2015) - ABC Classics

References[]

  1. ^ Knighton, Zoe (15 March 2017), "When a string quartet plays musical chairs", Limelight
  2. ^ Moffatt, Steve (31 October 2014), "Dean feature in Flinders Quartet's last tour of the year", Manly Daily
  3. ^ Kelly, Eamonn (14 May 2014), "Fresh voice of a quartet reborn", The Australian

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