Founded in 2016, the Esmé Quartet was the first all-female group to win the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition in 2018. Equally at ease in the classical masterworks as in contemporary repertoire, the Esmé String Quartet has quickly gained international recognition for its mesmerizing performances.
Diapason, France
★★★★★
“The lyricism and airy limpidity of the four performers give these movements a profoundity and unexpected allure.”
Strings Magazine, USA
"It was the Esme’s monumental Schubert Quartet that was the Michelin-starred meal."
the Suddeutsche Zeitung
"Here are four young musicians that play with depth and maturity, which, and even this cliche can be swept off the table, does not depend on age."