Nevsky String Quartet


Nevsky String Quartet is a string quartet based in St. Petersburg, Russia. They are noted for their award-winning performances of Russian music and their performances of contemporary music.

History and Repertoire

The Quartet, originally named the Quinten-Quartet, was founded in 1995 by students of St. Petersburg Conservatory with intensive assistance of Gleb Nikitin. The idea of creation belonged to Vladimir Bistritsky. Other members of Quartet became 3-year students: Tatiana Razoumova and Dmitry Khrytchev. Last member became 2nd violinist Dmitry Korjavko, 1st-year student.
In addition to their schooling in Russia, they also studied in London, in Germany, and with members of the Prague String Quartet, the Alban Berg Quartet, and the Amadeus Quartet in Austria.
The membership of the quartet has changed slightly since the Quartet's founding in 1995. The members are:
Period1st violin2nd violinViolaVioloncello
1995–1997Tatiana RazoumovaDmitry KorjavkoVladimir BistritskyDmitry Khrytchev
1997Tatiana RazoumovaVladislav Pessin &
Svetlana Greenfeld		Vladimir BistritskyDmitry Khrytchev
1997–2001Tatiana RazoumovaAnna TchijikVladimir BistritskyDmitry Khrytchev
2002–2007Tatiana RazoumovaSvetlana GreenfeldVladimir BistritskyDmitry Khrytchev
2007Tatiana RazoumovaAlexei MaslovVladimir BistritskyDmitry Khrytchev
2007–Tatiana RazoumovaSvetlana GreenfeldVladimir BistritskyDmitry Khrytchev
2012–Anna TchijikSvetlana GreenfeldVladimir BistritskyDmitry Khrytchev
2012–2013Anna TchijikSvetlana GreenfeldVladimir BistritskyVictor Kustov
2013–2016Anna TchijikSvetlana GreenfeldVladimir BistritskyVsevolod Dolganov
2016-Natalia AndreevaSvetlana GreenfeldVladimir BistritskyRuslan Nabiyev

Svetlana Greenfeld performed on the Northern Flowers label recording, and Alexei Maslov performed on one of the Capstone recordings.
The Quartet’s repertoire includes an emphasis on the music of Haydn, Russian composers, particularly Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich, as well as music of contemporary composers, such as Rodney Waschka II, whose quartets they have premiered and recorded on Capstone Records.

Awards

In 1996, at the IV International Shostakovich String Quartets Competition, the Quartet received the Third Prize and the Special Prize for the best performance of Russian music. In 1997, at the III International Competition , the Quartet won the Second Prize and the Special Prize for the best performance of composition by Franz Schubert. At the 6th Karl-Klingler String Quartet Competition in Berlin, they won the Barenreiter-Prize for the best interpretation of string quartet compositions of Mozart and Beethoven in accordance with historical performance practice. Also in 1998, the Quartet won First Prize in the Swedish International String Quartet Competition.

Partial discography

"Spirit Of Romance". Reading, MA: MMC Records, 2007.
"Music for Strings". Brooklyn, NY: Capstone Records, CPS-8781, 2007.
"Beerman Unplugged Almost". Brooklyn, NY: Capstone Records, CPS-8757, 2006.
"Haydn, Prokofiev, Shostakovich". St. Petersburg, Russia: Northern Flowers, 2005.