East Neuk Festival has made a point of featuring many superb young string quartets over the years, and this year is no exception. "Ravishing..." "Terrific accomplishment..." - the youthful Doric String Quartet are not to be missed. Founded in 1997, they are first prize-winners of the 2008 Osaka International Chamber Music Competition in Japan. During 2008/09 the Quartet appear four times at Wigmore Hall. They also make their debut at the Auditorium du Louvre in Paris, tour throughout Japan and return to Germany, Israel and South East Asia.

SEE EVENTS 4 . 11 . 16

Sheila Chandra first found fame as an actress - in Grange Hill - but I heard her first performing an astonishing piece of mouth-music inspired by tabla playing. That was 15 years ago, and she has continued to follow her own path musically, exploring aspects of Asian and European vocal traditions en route. Her fascination with drones has brought her close to the piping traditions of Scotland, and she had a great success with her recording of McCrimmond's Lament. Her performance at East Neuk Festival contributes to a mini-strand of contrasting vocal traditions - the others being English (The Orlando Consort and Tuvan (Huun Huur Tu). They are programmed to complement and contrast with each other.

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