The Smith Quartet

Britain's Smith Quartet is a key ensemble in the world of contemporary music, having endured several personnel changes to become one of the world's foremost chamber groups with that specialty. The Smith Quartet was founded in 1988 by violinist Charles Mutter and Darragh Morgan, violist Nick Pendlebury, and cellist Philip Shepard; the 2010s membership consists of violinists Ian Humphries and Rick Koster, violist Nic Pendlebury, and cellist Deirdre Cooper. The quartet has commissioned more than 200 works from such top chamber composers as Jon Lord, Gabriel Prokofiev, Tunde Jeged...