Resident Quartet at Kings Place, London, the distinguished Piatti Quartet are widely renowned for their ‘profound music making’ (The Strad) and their ‘lyrical warmth’ (BBC Music Magazine). Since their prizewinning performances at the 2015 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition, the Piatti Quartet has seen international performances at Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Wigmore Hall, Flagey Radio Hall Brussels, and Aldeburgh Festival.

Since their inception they have always had projects in the recording studio with critically acclaimed releases on many record labels. Their wide-ranging discography and repertoire is thanks to their enthusiasm and curiosity in collaborating with a broad range of artists including some of the most recognisable names in classical music such as Nicky Spence, Julius Drake, Michael Collins, Barry Douglas, Janina Fialkowska, Melvyn Tan, Ian Bostridge, Katherine Broderick, Adam Walker, and the Belcea Quartet. Recent accolades include the Presto Music Award as one of the ‘Top 10 Recordings of the Year 2023’ and in 2022 they were nominated for ‘Recording of the Year’ with both Limelight and Gramophone for their collaborative disc on the Hyperion label.

Contemporary music has been ever present in their repertoire and leaving a legacy to the quartet genre through commissions and recordings of new music is one of the quartet’s central tenets. Major works and discs have stemmed from Mark-Anthony Turnage, Emily Howard, Charlotte Harding, Julian Anderson, and Joseph Phibbs whilst they have premiered a mesmerising number of new works over the years beginning with Anna Meredith back in 2009.

The quartet’s name is dedicated to Alfredo Piatti, a 19th Century virtuoso cellist who was a professor at the Royal Academy of Music (the alma mater of the founders of the quartet) and a major exponent of chamber music and contemporary music of his time.