Top quartet replaces violist
NewsThe Castalian Quartet, resident at Oxford University, will show off a new violist at next week’s Wigmore Hall concert.
The Philadelphian Natalie Loughran replaces the Irishwoman Ruth Gibson.
The quartet, founded in 2011, are winners of the Royal Philharmonic Society award.
Viva La Viola Player….
I enjoyed seeing this fine quartet compete at BISQC in 2016.
But why did the previous one leave? Was it of her own volition; had she resigned to pursue her career as a soloist, for example, or did the others make her an offer she could not refuse…