Arditti Quartet
|
Well known string quartet founded in 1974. Its members are:
- Irvine Arditti, Graeme Jennings (violins)
- Ralf Ehlers (viola)
- Rohan de Saram (cello)
They are particularly associated with contemporary music, and have given many first performances. They have given world premieres of music by Harrison Birtwistle, John Cage, Elliott Carter, Brian Ferneyhough, Sofia Gubaidalina, György Ligeti, Conlon Nancarrow, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Kjell Perder and Iannis Xenakis.