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Known for their “immensely colourful, lyrical and expressive playing” (Laura Snowden), Quartet Malamatina first formed for a performance at the 2021 UN Climate Conference.

Current season highlights include concerts throughout Canada and the UK, performing for BBC Radio Scotland, The Worshipful Company of Musicians, Beacon Arts Centre, Carlisle Cathedral, Ottawa Guitar Society, Guitar Society of Toronto, and KW-Chamber Music Society. They have also undertaken artist residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Yellow Barn (VT), and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland which have included mentorship from members of the Kronos Quartet, Gryphon Trio, Anders Astrand, Tom Allen, Dinuk Wijeratne, and David Watkin.

​Amidst these performances, Malamatina gave world-premiere performances of newly-commissioned works by Marco Galvani and Erin Thomson, thanks to generous support from Creative Scotland and the PRS Foundation. The Quartet also worked with conductor-composer Martyn Brabbins (English National Opera) in a performance of his piece, Sometimes You Can Hear the Birds Sing – the work’s first outing since 1984.

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Described as delivering “energetic and charming performances”, the Morris-Begg Duo of Ross Morris (guitar) and Ines Mayhew-Begg (voice) began working together in 2019 at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and have already brought their shared enjoyment of the intimate and expressive nature of voice and guitar to several prestigious venues across the UK such as the National Gallery of Scotland, St Giles Cathedral and Kings Place.

They perform to a wide variety of audiences through Live Music Now Scotland and are 22/23 International Guitar Foundation Young Artists. As IGF YA’s they will be premiering new commissions for voice and guitar throughout the year. They aim to continue to bring a freshness to their programmes through their own unique arrangements and commissions.

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James McIntyre and Ross Morris began working together while were studying for their undergraduate degrees at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and have carried forward their shared passion for chamber music into their professional careers.

The McIntyre-Morris Duo enjoy performing a variety of music for Tenor and Guitar, including folk song inspired repertoire, lute songs of the renaissance, and German Lieder. They are actively increasing the voice and guitar repertoire by rediscovering under-performed works and creating their own arrangements, particularly Scottish Art Song.

The pair are praised for having “daring colour” and “crisp rhythmic detail” (Lorna Anderson) and are current Live Music Now Scotland Artists, performing across Scotland.

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