Concordia Quartet
Concordia Quartet is a Singapore-based quartet that is part of a non-profit musicians collective, Resound Collective. The quartet made its debut in February 2020, and consists of four prize-winning musicians – Edward Tan, Kim Kyu Ri, Martin Peh and Lin Juan. They are the festival quartet in the upcoming Singapore Chamber Music Festival 2024.
Formed right before the pandemic, Concordia Quartet gave two live streamed concerts, in June and September 2020. Their highly innovative June 2020 live broadcast involved players performing from their homes, and was highlighted in the September issue of BBC Music Magazine. The quartet was selected to take part in Pacific Region International Summer Music Association (PRISMA) in Canada as the quartet-in-residence in 2022, and was also selected as one of the four string quartets to take part in HARPA International Music Academy USA's String Quartet Intensive Programme in 2023.
With strong beliefs in community outreach, Concordia Quartet has presented a Christmas concert two years in a row at Gardens by the Bay’s Flower Dome, and are part of National Arts Council’s Arts Education Programme in their 2023-2025 cycle, reaching out to schools in Singapore and nurturing the next generation of classical music lovers.
At a recent concert “Epic Soundscapes” - 6 September 2023, at Victoria Concert Hall. (Photo credit: Joel Chew)
