Winners of the Bordeaux and Banff International Competitions, this London-based quartet made a very memorable 2022 debut at the Tannery. Now making their Schenectady debut, the Marmens will be a mainstay here for years to come.

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Marmen Quartet Union College

Union College

The Marmen Quartet, First Prize winner of the 2019 Bordeaux and Banff International String Quartet Competitions, joins acclaimed Colombian cellist and 2022 BBC Next Generation Artist Santiago Cañón-Valencia for a performance of Schubert’s Quintet for Strings, Bach’s Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major and Haydn’s Quartet Op. 33, No. 6.

Marmen Quartet & Santiago Cañón-Valencia, cello

Rockport Music-Shalin Liu Performance Center

Having won the Banff and Bordeaux International String Quartet Competitions, the emergent Marmen arrives from London to perform a program featuring a haunting work by Ligeti between two classical period masterworks.

Marmen Quartet

Feb 15, 2026

Marmen Quartet Union College

Jun 21, 2025

Marmen Quartet & Santiago Cañón-Valencia, cello

Marmen Quartet