Flinders Quartet

Flinders Quartet
Flinders Quartet
Origin	Melbourne, Australia
Years active	2000 -
Members	Helen Ireland; Zoe Knighton; Thibaud Pavlovic-Hobba; Wilma Smith
Past members	Matthew Tomkins; Erica Kennedy; Shane Chen; Helen Ayres; Nicolas Waters

Flinders Quartet is an Australian string quartet.^[1]^[2] They were formed in 2000 by Helen Ireland, Zoe Knighton, Matthew Tomkins and Erica Kennedy. In 2012 Helen Ayres and Shane Chen replaced Tomkins and Kennedy.^[3] Ayres was in turn replaced by Nicholas Waters in 2015.

Karin Schaupp & Flinders Quartet's album Fandango received a nomination for the 2011 ARIA Award for Best Classical Album.

Current members

Elizabeth Sellars - violin
Wilma Smith - violin
Helen Ireland - viola
Zoe Knighton - cello

Past members

Thibaud Pavlovic-Hobba - violin
Nicholas Waters - violin
Shane Chen - violin
Helen Ayres - violin
Erica Kennedy - violin
Matthew Tomkins - violin

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with selected details
Title	Details
Live	Released: 2004 Format: CD Label: Flinders Quartet
Fandango (with Karin Schaupp)	Released: 2011 Format: CD Label: ABC Classics
Reinventions (with Genevieve Lacey)	Released: March 2015 Format: CD Label: ABC Classics
Intimate Voices: Sibelius String Quartets	Released: September 2015 Format: CD Label: ABC Classics

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
2011	Fandango (with Karin Schaupp )	Best Classical Album	Nominated	^[4]

References

^ Knighton, Zoe (15 March 2017), "When a string quartet plays musical chairs", Limelight
^ Moffatt, Steve (31 October 2014), "Dean feature in Flinders Quartet's last tour of the year", Manly Daily
^ Kelly, Eamonn (14 May 2014), "Fresh voice of a quartet reborn", The Australian
^ ARIA Award previous winners. "ARIA Awards – Winners by Award". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 9 July 2022.

External links

Flinders Quartet

[1] Knighton, Zoe (15 March 2017), "When a string quartet plays musical chairs", Limelight

[2] Moffatt, Steve (31 October 2014), "Dean feature in Flinders Quartet's last tour of the year", Manly Daily

[3] Kelly, Eamonn (14 May 2014), "Fresh voice of a quartet reborn", The Australian

[ARIAClassical-4] ARIA Award previous winners. "ARIA Awards – Winners by Award". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 9 July 2022.

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