This is the ensemble that has moved the classical string quartet into the 21st Century. Every item in the programme reveals a unique talent, displayed in an individual and group performance with an exciting choreographed presentation.

Founded in 1997 by four young professional musicians, who met whilst busking in Covent Garden, London, the group's unique style has developed a refreshing insight into the world of classical music for everyone whatever their age.

In 1999, they gave their Welsh Prom debut at St. David's Hall, Cardiff and in 2000 helped launch Bryn Terfel's Faenol festival to a vast audience and great acclaim. During this time they also appeared at the St. David's, Wrexham and Criccieth festivals in Wales and the Raw Talent Festival, Leicester . Following this they performed at the Middleham and Northern Aldborough Festival, Yorkshire , Bude Festival, Cornwall and toured extensively throughout Somerset and Devon giving concerts in rural churches.
They have appeared many times at the National Concert Hall, Whelans, the Gaiety Theatre, the Sugar Club and the Trinity Ball in Dublin and in 2001 were honored to play for the Irish President for the switching on of her Christmas tree lights. In Britain , they have entertained extensively including London's Hippodrome, London's Transport Museum , the V & A Museum, Kensington Palace , Bush Hall, London , Cambridge and Oxford Balls, Nottingham City Hall , Leeds football Club and notably the Queens Jubilee baton relay for the Commonwealth Games in Oxford.

Since their debut on 'The Late Late Show' with Gay Burne in 1998, the group have been in regular demand on TV and radio featuring on Lyric FM, The Gay Burne Hour, The Saturday Show, Live at Three, PM Live, Open House and Den 2.

The quartet are the perfect musical entertainment for making your weddings, anniversaries, festivals, corporate events, cabarets, public performances and parties very special. They will always do their best to accommodate any musical requests and can provide music for a subtle ambiance or liven up the party with their choreographed cabaret performance.

"Take two pretty girls on viola and violin; add a blisteringly hot fiddle player dressed like a humbug in a striped teddy boy suit with co-respondent shoes; throw in an Irish primate of the lower order, double bass: and you have… the most sensational string quartet on the Fringe.
They combine superb classical music skills with inventive comedy and relentless dance energy. From Cossack dance to can-can, they caper their way through the popular classics, from Strauss to Bizet into Irish folk and Jewish bar mitzvah music.
With sharp and lethal bows flashing through the air, the choreography has to be spot on - one careless Hava nagila could leave the primate wearing a Moshe Dyan eye-patch. Instead, he jigs wildly around his bass like a leprechaun in a gorilla suit, without ever losing total command of the instrument.
For extra measure, Pratley sings a haunting rendition of Irish folk classic The Parting Glass, while the skirt-swishing, fan-fluttering Anderson doubles as a sultry torch singer, burning up on It Ain't Necessarilly So.
Vacardscu's glissano is so slippery cool it's red hot - with such talent, he can be forgiven the suit. I'd write more, but the primate ran into the audience and confiscated my notebook. I can't rid my mind of the image of him playing the Pizzicato Polka with the bass tucked crosswise under his chin - God knows, I've tried."
Daily Mail, 10th August 2005

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