Sunday 15th November 2026 – St John’s Church Broadstone

Interval refreshments included

Tickets: £13 Adults, £3 U18

About the ensemble:

The Award winning Neruda Quartet was founded at the Royal Academy of Music in October of 2024. The quartet’s name is a tribute to Moravian violinist, Wilma Neruda, one of the first female virtuosos and chamber music enthusiasts. Her fame was such that even Arthur Conan Doyle references her in A Study in Scarlet. The Neruda Quartet has been very fortunate to be able to benefit from the chamber resources of the Academy by having coachings and study days with the likes of Marije Johnston, Anthony Marwood, Sini Simmonen, John Thorne, Levon Chilingarian, Yoanna Prodanova, and Jim Sleigh.

Neruda has been very honoured by being chosen for several opportunities through RAM, including being selected as the only representatives of the Academy at the International Orchestral Symposium that was held at the Tianjin Juilliard School in May 2025. Additionally, Neruda is looking forward to a busy autumn and winter of concerts around London and the UK. In February this year the Neruda Quartet were awarded a prestigious place on the Tillet scheme, alongside the Dogada Wind quintet who appeared in Broadstone Music Series earlier this year. :https://www.thestrad.com/news/artists-announced-for-the-2026-tillett-debut-scheme/20924.article

Members of the Neruda Quartet:

Adriana Bec – violin
Yiu Hang Leung – violin
Mina Mazur – viola
Jim Goss – cello

Programme :

Beethoven – String Quartet no 132

Brahms String Quartet no 1

The Quartet will be training some of our Poole Society for Young Musicians Youth Camerata String players in Chamber music earlier in the day as part of our Albert and Eugenie Frost Trust Scheme