With its seductive sound, miraculous blend and spellbinding collective artistry, the Leonkoro Quartet has more than fulfilled the promise that saw it win First Prize and capture nine specialist prizes at the 2022 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition. Its latest programme at the Hall includes a new work by Finnish composer Sauli Zinovjev, whose music has been described by the Wall Street Journal as ‘brisk, exciting and unpredictable’, and Schubert’s divine ‘Rosamunde’ Quartet.

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Leonkoro Quartet

Wigmore Hall

The Leonkoro Quartet’s programme recalls Britten’s deep affinity for the music of Purcell, the ‘English Orpheus’, and includes Britten’s Third String Quartet, the last substantial work that he completed before his death on 4 December 1976. Broadcaster Zeb Soanes reads extracts from Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice before the performance of String Quartet No. 3.

Emiri Kakiuchi

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Oct 6, 2026

Leonkoro Quartet · Wigmore Hall

Dec 4, 2026

Leonkoro Quartet; Zeb Soanes speaker · Wigmore Hall

Future and recently performed repertoire

Violin in String Quartet No. 4 by Beethoven

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Violin in String Quartet No. 3 by Britten

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Violin in String Quartet No. 2 by Britten

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Violin in String Quartet No. 13 by Schubert

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Violin in Fantasia a 4 No. 6 by Purcell

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Violin in Fantasia in E minor by Purcell

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