"The Romanian ensemble lives through the emotional eruptions in Janácek's music with heart and soul ... every accent is a stich into the heart."
Marcus Stäbler, FonoForum, April 2014

"the playing has such intensity....The result is an assault on the senses, piercing the heart of this unsettling music"
The Financial Times, September 2013

Winners of the 2014 Osaka International Chamber Music Competition, the 2012 Wigmore Hall London International String Quartet Competition, the 2011 Almere International Chamber Music Competition in 2011 and the International Chamber Music Competition Hamburg in 2009, the Arcadia Quartet is rapidly establishing itself as one of the most exciting string quartets of their generation.
Formed in 2006 while students at the Gheorghe Dima Music Academy in Romania, the quartet has performed across the world including performances at the Budapest Spring Festival, George Enescu International Festival, Cité International des Arts in Paris, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Pollack Hall in Montreal, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Wigmore Hall, Q'arto Mondi Festival in Poland, Salle Gaveau in Paris, Tel-Aviv, Portugal, Mecklenburg Vorpommern Festival, Kammermusiktage Mettlach, Zeist Music Days Festival in The Netherlands, throughout the United Kingdom and and in Beijing. The 14/15 season included a 12 concert tour of Japan and concerts throughout Europe including at the Wigmore Hall, Vienna Musikverein, Aldeburgh Festival, Berlin Konzerthaus, North Norfolk Music Festival, Enescu Festival and in Madrid. The quartet made their BBC Radio 3 debut with a broadcast concert from the Wigmore Hall in March 2015, and in April 2015 were invited to become the prestigious 'Tinerimea Româna National Art Centre of Bucharest's Quartet-in-Residence, playing six concerts a year broadcast by the Romanian Broadcasting Company.
The 16/17 Season sees the quartet return to the United Kingdom to give a concert tour and perform extensively throughout Europe including performances at the Albert Long Hall in Istanbul, Società Veneziana di Concerti, Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna, Cistermúsica - Festival in Portugal, George Enescu Festival in Romania, Wigmore Hall London and further concerts in Germany and Romania.
The Arcadia Quartet's debut disc of works by Mendelssohn and Brahms was released by Fontenay Classics in 2009 attracting critical acclaim. Ensemble Magazin wrote of "their intimate performance", "their exceptional sonority" and their "expressive power which leaves a deep impression on the listener". Their recording of Janácek Quartet No.1 and No.2 was released on the Orchid Classics label in October 2013. The Sunday Times wrote of "a beauty that pierces the heart" that "both works are played with searing intensity by the fine young Romanian quartet". The Financial Times wrote that the quartet "create a mood of edgy expressionism that, in its violent swings and chromatic stresses, is shockingly direct and dramatic, like an opera - or a nightmare", that "the result is an assault on the senses, piercing the heart of this unsettling music."
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Ana Török, violin (b.1984, Baia Mare)
She began studying the violin at the age of 4 in her native town and, beginning with 1996, she continued and completed her high school studies in Târgu Mures She attended higher education and the Master's programme at the "Gheorghe Dima" Music Academy of Cluj-Napoca, in Professor Victoria Nicolae's violin class.
Since 2008 she has been first concert master of the "Transylvania" State Philharmonic of Cluj-Napoca, one of the most prestigious Romanian symphony orchestras, and concert master of the Romanian National Youth Orchestra. Distinguished with numerous chamber or solo performance awards - "Jeunesses Musicales" Bucharest, 2001, the "Sigismund Toduta Competition, Cluj-Napoca, 2003, the 2003 and 2004 editions of the Performance Competition organized by the Romanian Mozart Society, Cluj-Napoca, - Ana Török acquired fame also as soloist, performing as invited guest of the Târgu Mures, Oradea, Brasov and Cluj-Napoca Philharmonics.

Rasvan Dumitru, violin (b.1984, Brasov)
Dedicated to the study of the violin from the age of 5, Rasvan Dumitru attended the Art School of Brasov with Prof. Maria Mireanu and then the "Gh. Dima" Music Academy of Cluj-Napoca, in Univ.-Prof. Dr. Victoria Nicolae's class. He has been first concert master of the Romanian National Opera orchestra of Cluj-Napoca between 2007 and 2011, and principal of the second violin section of the Romanian National Youth Orchestra between 2008 and 2010. Currently he is principal of the second violin section of the "Transylvania" State Philharmonic of Cluj-Napoca and teaches violin and chamber music at the "Gheorghe Dima" Music Academy.
Recipient of several national and international awards, and semi-finalist of the Concours Musical International de Montreal (2006), violinist Rasvan Dumitru also performed as a successful recitalist, both in Romania and abroad (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands). He performed as soloist with several Romanian orchestras, including the Brasov Philharmonic, the "Transylvania" State Philharmonic of Cluj-Napoca and the Chamber Orchestra of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company. He has also cultivated a vivid interest in the performing style of the Baroque repertoire, by collaborating with several Baroque ensembles.
He is playing a Leon Fischesser violin, lent to him for his life by the Swiss foundation Musique et Vie, following a competition held in 2005.

Traian Boala, viola (b.1978, Constanta)
Traian Boala studied the violin and then the viola at the Art School in his native town. He began his higher education studies at the Music Department of the "Transylvania" University of Brasov (with professor Leona Varvarichi) and continued them with the Master's degree studies at the "Gheorghe Dima" Music Academy of Cluj-Napoca (with professor Sorin Gherbanovschi).
He successfully participated in several performance competitions, earning, among others, first prizes at the "Mozart" Competition held in Constanta and at the "George Georgescu" Competition held in Tulcea. Between 2001 and 2003, he was a member of the Kronos Quartet of Brasov, with whom he earned the first prize at the Performance Competition organized by the Romanian Mozart Society of Cluj, and held a series of concerts in Romania and abroad. He played successively in several orchestras, including the "St. George" Chamber Orchestra of Beograd and the "George Enescu" Philharmonic of Bucharest. Presently, he is a member of the "Transylvania" Philharmonic of Cluj-Napoca.

Zsolt Török, cello (b.1984, Cluj-Napoca)
The youngest child of a family of cellists, Zsolt Török in his turn took up the study of the cello at the age of 6. After graduating from the "Sigismund Toduta " Music High School of Cluj-Napoca, he studied for the Bachelor's and Master's degrees at the "Gheorghe Dima" Music Academy, in the class of Professor Vasile Jucan, member of theTransylvanian Quartet.
He won several national and international awards, including the Jury's Special Prize at the "David Popper" International Cello Competition, Hungary, (2003), the 2nd Prize and the Popularity Prize at the "Sigismund Toduta" Competition (Cluj-Napoca, 2005). Since 2005, he has been a member of the "Transylvania" Philharmonic of Cluj-Napoca. As a soloist, he performed with the Satu Mare, Sibiu, Oradea, Cluj-Napoca and Brasov Philharmonics.

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