The Quartet will perform Britten's powerful and deeply emotional Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 36, Shostakovich's popular, autobiographical String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110 and Tchaikovsky's String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11.

Since winning the Paolo Borciani competition in Italy in Spring 2005, the Pavel Haas Quartet has performed at the world's most prestigious concert halls and recorded four award-winning CDs, receiving great acclaim from audiences and critics alike. In 2007, the Pavel Haas Quartet was voted Best Newcomer by the BBC Music Magazine Awards jury, and held the BBC New Generation Artist title for two years, within which the ensemble was afforded the opportunity to make a number of high-profile concert appearances and radio recordings.