Launched in 1995, the Goldner String Quartet is named after Richard Goldner, founder of the original Musica Viva Australia. The players are all well known to Australian and international audiences through solo performances, recordings and their concurrent membership of the Australia Ensemble (resident at UNSW).
The members of the Goldner String Quartet are:
- Dene Olding (violin)
- Dimity Hall (violin)
- Irina Morozova (viola)
- Julian Smiles (cello)
After their Wigmore Hall debut in 1997 unanimous audience and critical acclaim has ensured the Goldner Quartet’s regular return invitations to London and many prestigious UK and European festivals. In 2001 the Quartet made its American debut with concerts at the prestigious 92nd St Y in New York , and in Washington DC. Closer to home, the Goldner Quartet has performed in Korea, Singapore and Brunei and has undertaken several extensive tours of New Zealand.
The Quartet regularly appears at major music festivals around Australia in addition to national tours for Musica Viva. The quartet members have been a mainstay of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music in Townsville since 1993 and their ‘Music in the Hunter’ festival since 1991. Major projects have included a 20th Century Retrospective and the Complete Beethoven Cycle recorded live for ABC Classics (winner of 2009 Limelight Award “Best Classical Recording”).
Several critically acclaimed recordings are released on the Hyperion label (with Pianist Piers Lane) in addition to releases on Tall Poppies and Naxos. The complete Carl Vine Quartets will be released on ABC classics in the near future.
