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Balanescu Quartet

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Balanescu Quartet

Years active 1987present

Website www.balanescu.com

Members

Alexander Blnescu James Shenton Katie Wilkinson Nick Holland

Past members

Sian Bell Jonathan Carney

Clare Connors Nick Cooper Caroline Dale Bill Hawkes Anthony Hinnigan Kate Musker Andrew Parker

TheBalanescu QuartetatTFF Rudolstadt2013.

The Balanescu Quartetis anavant-gardestring quartetfounded in 1987 byAlexanderBlnescuthat achieved fame through the release of several complex cover versions of songs by

German experimental electronic music bandKraftwerkon their albumPossessed.

The quartet are mainly notable for their very distinctive style of music, which encompasses oddtime rhythms, sound dissonances and complex arrangements. They have performed multiple

works with a variety of other artists, includingPhilip Glass,David Byrne,Gavin Bryars,Michael

Nyman,Rabih Abou-Khalil,Kevin Volans,Hector Zazou,Un Drame Musical Instantan,Spiritualized,Yellow Magic Orchestraand thePet Shop Boys.They performedUniversity

Challenge's title music onBBC2in the UK.

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Their early albums were onMute RecordsandArgo Records (UK).

The Quartet was initially formed by Alexander Blnescu (violin), Clare Connors (secondviolin), Bill Hawkes (viola), and Caroline Dale (cello).

[1]It currently consists of Alexander

Blnescu (violin), James Shenton (violin), Katie Wilkinson (viola) and Nick Holland (cello).[2]

Recordings

Group:

Possessed(1992) Luminitza(1994) Angels & Insects(1995) (soundtrack) East Meets East(1997) Maria T(2005) This Is The Balanescu Quartet(2011)

Featured:

Michael Nyman-String Quartets 1-3- featuring the Balanescu Quartet (1991) Balanescu Quartet Play Byrne/Moran/Lurie/Torke- featuring David Byrne, Robert

Moran, John Lurie and Michael Torke (1992)

Kevin Volans- String Quartets Nos. 2 & 3- performed by the Balanescu Quartet (1994) Gavin Bryars- The Last Days- featuring the Balanescu Quartet (1995) Spiritualized-Pure Phase(1995) Rabih Abou-Khalil-Arabian Waltz- featuring the Balanescu String Quartet (2002) Optimo-How To Kill The DJ (Part 2)- featuring music by the Balanescu Quartet (2004) Michael Torke- Six- featuring the Balanescu Quartet (2005) Ada Milea & Alexander Balanescu - The Island- featuring the Balanescu Quartet (2011) Teho Teardo-Diaz- featuring the Balanescu Quartet (2012) (soundtrack)

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