Penny Quartet have gained a reputation as a driven and multifaceted voice in chamber music. Founded in 2014, they have been nominated for the Freedman Fellowship award, received the John and Rosemary Macleod Travelling Fellowship and first prize at the Australian National Academy of Music Chamber Music Competition. Penny Quartet have been ensemble in residence at festivals such as the Four Winds Festival, Canberra International Music Festival and have toured regularly across the country. They made their international debut as full scholarship holders at the St. Lawrence String Quartet seminar at Stanford, CA. Penny Quartet regularly collaborate and record with various composers and musicians, both independently and as Festival artists. They have been a part of the Melbourne Recital Centre subscription series since late 2017 and are two-time recipients of the MRC Contemporary Masters Award.

Following a successful Riverina tour in 2024, the Penny Quartet return to Wagga for this program, which features a World Premiere work by composer Heather Shannon (The Jezabels), a stunningly beautiful meditation by Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov, and the towering and, frankly, slightly weird mighty number 14 of Beethoven’s late quartets.

Image: Tiaryn Griggs

Presented in partnership with the Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre.
This performance is included in the Festival Pass and the Saturday Pass.

Concert Program

String Quartet- Heather Shannon*
Ikon- Valentin Silvestrov
String Quartet no. 14, Opus 131- Beethoven

*- World Premiere
Approximately 70 minutes, no intermission. General admission.

Come for the strings, stay for the sparks. This one’s for the thrill-seekers.