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Alexander Pavlovsky - violin
Sergei Bresler - violin
Amihai Grosz - viola
Kyril Zlotnikov - cello
 One of the most dynamic and exciting young quartets currently performing, the Jerusalem Quartet has already attracted a vast amount of international acclaim. Celebrating their 10th anniversary in the 2004/05 season, the quartet was founded within the framework of the Young Musicians' Group of the Jerusalem Music Centre and the America-Israel Cultural Foundation in co-operation with the Conservatory of the Jerusalem Rubin Academy of Music and Dance, where they studied under Avi Abramovich.
Recipients of the first Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award in 2003, the Jerusalem Quartet performed concerts in London, Vienna Konzerthaus and Amsterdam Concertgebouw with Mitsuko Uchida and other award winners in September 2004. They were also part of the first ever BBC New Generation Artists scheme between 1999 and 2001 and received first prize in 1997 (as well as the prize for the best interpretation of 20th century music) at the 'Franz Schubert and the Music of the 20th Century Competition' in Graz, Austria when they performed Kurtag's Twelve Microludes and Bartok Quartet No. 6. They were also awarded first prize at the Jerusalem Academy Chamber Music Competition in 1996.
Regular performers throughout the world, they are frequent visitors to London's Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam Concertgebouw and the Herkulessaal Munich. They have also performed at the Berlin Konzerthaus, Zurich Tonhalle, Dusseldorf Tonhalle, Bolshoi Hall Moscow, Carnegie Hall, Tisch Center New York, at one of the inaugural concerts of Daniel Libeskind's Jewish Museum in Berlin, the Vancouver Playhouse, the Ravinia Festival's 'Rising Stars' series in Chicago and Dvorak Hall, Prague. A tour of Italy included Florence, Milan and Pisa. An extremely successful (and substantial) tour of Australia and New Zealand led to an immediate re-invitation and they returned in Spring 2004 to critical acclaim.
In addition to Borletti-Buitoni award dates at the Vienna Konzerthaus and opening the London International Chamber Music season, future performances include the Cologne Philharmonie, Salzburg Mozarteum, Beethovenhalle Bonn, Tonhalle Zurich, Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, Chatelet Paris, Kennedy Center Washington, Concert Association of Florida, Philadelphia, Cleveland and San Francisco and concerts at the Daniel Music Days in Zeist. Other plans include a Shostakovich cycle for 2006 to mark the centenary of the composer's birth, which they will take to Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, London's Wigmore Hall, Berlin Konzerthaus and Vancouver Recital Series. Further highlights include a performance of Beethoven quartets as part of the gala concert to celebrate the composer's birthday at the Beethovenhalle in Bonn. They will also return to the Zurich Tonhalle, Vienna Konzerthaus and Paris Chatelet and perform at the Salzburg Mozarteum, Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, Kennedy Center Washington, Philadelphia and at the Zeist International Music Days, where they are quartet in residence. They made their Japanese debut in autumn 2004.
Their recordings to date include two cover CDs of Beethoven, Haydn and Shostakovich and of Schumann Piano Quintet with Jonathan Biss for BBC Music Magazine, as part of a feature on the Borletti-Buitoni Trust. Their debut CD for EMI, including works by Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky, was released in Spring 2001. A recording of Haydn repertoire - the first of a series of discs for Harmonia Mundi - was released in Spring 2004, and their recording of three Shostakovich quartets is due for release in 2005.
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