The dynamic and charismatic Heath Quartet first visited Concerts Penzance as
young ‘rising stars’ but a decade later the quartet have earned a reputation as
one of the most exciting British chamber ensembles today with regular
performances at leading venues across Europe and North America.
Recent performances have included many at the Wigmore Hall, a complete
Beethoven Cycle at Kilkenny Festival, a John Tavener premiere at the BBC Proms,
concerts at the Beethovenfest Bonn, Mecklenburgh-Vorpommern Festival, the
Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Musée d’Orsay and Louvre Auditorium in Paris, Carnegie
Hall and Lincoln Centre in New York as well as concerts in Chicago, Los Angeles
and Toronto.
Their recording of Tippett’s string quartets won the 2016 Gramophone Chamber
Disk of the Year. Later recordings of Tchaikovsky Quartets and the complete
Quartets by Bartók have received outstanding reviews.
