Unfortunately, the Quartet's concert scheduled for the 3rd of May 2020 at Kings Place was cancelled due to the pandemic.
The Chilingirian Quartet consists of Levon Chilingirian on violin, Susie Mészáros on viola and Stephen Orton on cello. Mr. Chilingirian is a professor and Chamber Music Artist in Residence at the Royal Academy of Music and professor of Violin and Chamber Music at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
The quartet holds a teaching position at the Royal College of Music since 1988.
The Chilingirian Quartet played Thea Musgrave's String Quartet, the European premiere of Kareem Roustom's String Quartet 'Shades of Night' and Tchaikovsky's String Quartet No.1 in D Op.11 on the 8th of May 2019 at the Purcell Room.
Bartók' String Quartet No. 4 (1928) performed in 2016 (October) and 2015 (May).
Mozart's String Quintet No. 4 in G minor performed in 2019 (February) and 2015 (May).
Ronald Birks was a member of the Quartet between 2009 and his untimely death in October 2020.
Susie Mészáros won the Gold Medal at the Royal Over-Seas League competition.
The Quartet were the Shakespeare’s Globe artists’ in Residence in 2016.
Stephen Orton became became the quartet's cellist following the retirement of Philip de Groote in 2013.
He took the position of principal cello with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields in 1985.
Susie Mészáros studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School and held the Camerata Salzburg's position of principal viola.
The quartet was founded by Levon Chilingirian OBE in 1971, along with cellist Philip De Groote.
Stephen Orton was born in Ripon, Yorkshire.
Levon Chilingirian was born in Cyprus, and moved with his familiy to London in 1960,
The quartet performed works by Haydn and Ravel on the 26th of February 2012.
The quartet made its BBC proms debut on the 25th of August 1976 with a performance of Mendelssohn's Octet in E flat major Op 20 alongside the Lindsay String Quartet at the Royal Albert Hall.