London's Consone Quartet Appointed Associate Ensemble at Music at Paxton

The period ensemble will participate in a three year residency at the summer music festival in the Scottish Borders

Taking place annually, Music at Paxton was established in 2006 to bring exceptional chamber music to a wider audience. Their Associate Ensemble residency lasts for a three-year tenure and sees the chosen group give two concerts as part of the festival.

Comprised of Agata Daraškaite and Magdalena Loth-Hill (violins), Elitsa Bogdanova (viola), and George Ross (cello), the London-based Consone Quartet will be the newest Associate Ensemble. They will perform concerts on July 29 and 30, 2023, featuring music by Haydn, Schumann, Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn, Puccini, Mozart, and Sibelius.

"We are absolutely thrilled to have been appointed as the associate ensemble for Music at Paxton," the quartet said. "We can’t wait to make music in this incredibly special and historic place, and to meet and connect with the festival’s audience."

"It is inspiring to be given so much artistic freedom and we are excited to share programs over the coming years, featuring rarely-heard music as well as some familiar favorites!"

Formed in 2015 at the Royal College of Music, the Consone Quartet was the first-period ensemble to be selected as BBC New Generation Artists. They are the winners of the Royal Over-Seas League Ensemble Prize, and in 2022, were selected as recipients of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship.

The quartet's debut recording covered works by Haydn and Mendelssohn, and their second album — which traverses the entire Mendelssohn quartet cycle — will be released on Linn Records.