Fibonacci Quartet

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University of Leeds School of Music, Cavendish Road, Leeds, LS2 9JT

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Fibonacci Quartet

20th March 2026

Kryštof Kohout (violin) Luna de Mol (violin) Elliot Kempton (viola) Findlay Spence (cello)

Joseph Haydn – String Quartet in D major, op 64, no 5 “Lark”
Claude Debussy – String Quartet in G minor, op 10
Arrangements from The Great American Songbook by the Fibonacci Quartet

The Fibonacci Quartet are one of Europe’s leading young string quartets. Formed at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the quartet teach as Quartet in Residence at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama as well as at the Royal Academy of Music in their position as Nina Drucker Fellows, and were also recently appointed as Grand Résident ensemble at ProQuartet in Paris for seasons 2025-2027.

The only ensemble ever to win both the First and Audience Prize at the Premio Paolo Borciani International String Quartet Competition in 2024, the Fibonacci’s are prolific prize winners, winning prestigious awards including including First Prize in the Royal Overseas League Chamber Music Competition, First Prize in the Cavatina Chamber Music Competition, The RPS Henderson Chamber Ensemble Award, First Prize in the International Triomphe de l’Art Competition in Belgium, The Kirckman Society Award, Audience Prize at the Schiermonnikoog Festival and Special Prizes of the Shostakovich Association in Paris and Peermusic in Hamburg.

The 2025/26 season sees them continue their busy schedule, with performances including performances at Vienna Musikverein, Berlin Philharmonie, Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, Frankfurt Alte Oper, Wigmore Hall, Munich Prinzregentheater and Philharmonie de Paris.

The quartet is generously supported by the Hattori Foundation, the Cosman Keller Trust, The Frost Trust and Fondation Biermans-Lapôtre in Paris.

“…With their unique artistic sensibilities and dramatic presence, the Fibonacci Quartet delivered a performance of exceptional finesse, handling swift transitions between emotional intensities with remarkable skill…” – Andrew Palmer / Chimeo