Quartetto Indaco

Eleonora Matsuno, Violin
Ida Di Vita, Violin
Jamiang Santi, Viola
Cosimo Carovani, Cello

Their performance is like a stunning fireworks display, so brilliant that the walls of the hall can barely contain it.

With this powerful description, the Quartetto Indaco has made its mark in the musical world since its foundation in 2007 at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole, thanks to the impulse of Piero Farulli and Andrea Nannoni. The Quartet. is today considered among the most interesting Italian string quartets of its generation: Paolo Viola says of the quartet that is formed by “musicians who have achieved a magnificent sound and exemplary amalgamation, and who have fully entered the elite of the most important Italian quartets”.

The quartet is the winner of the 2023 Osaka International Chamber Music Competition (MK Award and String Quartet Biennale Award). This result marked a significant moment in the history of Italian music, as the Indaco Quartet became the first Italian string quartet to win the top prize in a major international competition, solidifying its position as one of the most captivating and engaging string quartets in the contemporary music scene. In its career also received the Scotese prize in 2017, the Börsen Club Hannover and after winning the special prize Jeunesses Musicales at the International Competition “Premio Paolo Borciani” 2014, Quartetto Indaco was among the finalists of the same competition in 2017 and is awarded several international awards and scholarships, including the Golden Medal, Manhattan Concert Artist's Award and the Digital Album Award at the 6th Manhattan International Music Competition in 2022.

Critics and musicians alike have praised the Quartetto Indaco for their deep yet fresh approach to interpretation. Bernardino Zappa highlighted the unity of their ensemble, describing their performances as the result of a single interpretative hand, while the "Maestronet" forum ironically emphasized how they are the best example of how wonderful it is to know the rules and then break them.

After graduating from Fiesole, the Q. I. follows specialization courses -one for all within the prestigious Accademia Chigiana with which he collaborates by playing concerts both in Italy and abroad.- with exponents of the major quartets of our time (among others, Hatto Beyerle and Günter Pichler of the legendary Quartet Alban Berg and Rainer Schmidt of the Quartet Hagen) obtains the Master in Chamber Music in 2017 at the Musikhochschule in Hannover, under the guidance of Oliver Wille (Quartetto Kuss).

“Compact ensemble, full of enamel and exuberance”, Quartetto Indaco highlights its artistic qualities in a vast repertoire, from classical to contemporary, with a particular predilection for 19th and 20th century authors.
In addition, the Quartetto Indaco carries out in-depth research on Italian authors and is dedicated to the diffusion of new musical languages.
Guest of prestigious music festivals and institutions in Italy (among others, I Concerti del Quirinale in Rome with live coverage on Rai Radio3, Società del Quartetto di Milano, Società del Quartetto di Bergamo, Unione Musicale in Turin, Friends of Music of Reggio Emilia, Festival “Paesaggi Musicali Toscani”, “Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi”, Nuova Consonanza), the Quartet also performs regularly in Germany (Heidelberger Frühlings, Podium Festival, Goslar Musik Wochen) Switzerland, Ireland, Latvia, Sweden, Portugal, Spain and Japan.

Since 2017 Quartetto Indaco has taken part in the international project “Le Dimore del Quartetto” and since the same year he has been the quartet in residence of the Milano Classica orchestra and of the Paesaggi Musicali Toscani Festival.