Educated in Wales and London and subsequently awarded a Junior Fellowship in Chamber Music at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, the Mavron’s are passionate about performing chamber music of the highest caliber throughout Wales and the rest of the U.K.

Since their formation in 2002, the Mavron Quartet has enjoyed a busy schedule on the concert platform both nationally and internationally, and is currently Quartet in Residence at the Gate Arts Centre, Cardiff.

The Mavron Quartet undertakes recital work through Live Music Now! and presents a once monthly recital as a part of its ongoing residency at the Gate Arts Centre.

For a list of the quartet’s recital repertoire please click here

Recital Venues and Festivals the Mavron Quartet have performed at:

• Ischia Italy- Home of Lady Suzanna Walton
• Klara Festival, Brussels, Belgium
• North Wales International Music Festival
• The Reardon Smith Theatre, National Museums and Galleries of Wales, Cardiff
• The Riverfront Centre, Newport
• St David’s Festival, Pembrokeshire
• Lower Machen Festival
• Aberystwyth Musicfest
• Vale of Glamorgan Festival
• North Wales International Music Festival
• Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
• CAVATINA Music Festival

Mavron Quartet Works With Live Music Now!

‘I just wanted to email you to congratulate you on a stunning performance! The pieces were all so well chosen - a quite piece, and a loud piece, so to speak. The Echo centre audience enjoyed it as well from the comments and the applause, praise indeed! Norma and I were the ones who kept you company over lunch, if you can't place us, do not worry! We'd like to see you again, whenever you're numerous commitments allow you! All the best - you’re a mighty talented bunch!’

Anna Coles, Echo Day Centre,
Liskeard, Cornwall 2006

In March 2005, the Mavron Quartet successfully auditioned for a place on to the Live Music Now! scheme. Since then, the quartet has represented Live Music Now! across the U.K. and as far as Brussels for the KlaraFestival in 2005. Undertaking workshops and performances for the scheme, the Mavron Quartet has developed professional presentation skills, interacting with audiences and adapting to varying environments and audiences. Some of our most rewarding work has been through working with Live Music Now!

About Live Music Now!

Live Music Now is the largest music outreach programme in the UK and was founded in 1977 by the late Yehudi Menuhin to fulfil two aims:

• To make high quality live music as widely accessible as possible
• To promote standards of excellence in young musicians and music leaders

Live Music Now! offers performance and workshop opportunities across a wide range of musical traditions and cultures to musicians who are based in the U.K. who are at the start of their careers. The scheme is suitable for musicians who want to develop skills and leadership as part of a performing career. Performances take place in a wide variety of settings across the U.K., particularly in places where live performances are rarely a part of daily life.

These include hospices, residential homes and day centres for older people, schools for children with special needs, day centres for people with learning and physical disabilities or mental health problems, hostels for homeless people and prisons. Each year Live Music Now! arranges over 3,000 performances and workshops throughout the UK.

All musicians must pass a formal Audition before they can be selected for the scheme.

The Gate Arts Centre
Fully Accessible to all and housed in a converted listed church building in Cardiff, The Gate is a state of the art venue dedicated to community activities and performances.

Links:

www.thegate.org.uk

www.livemusicnow.org