Attacca Quartet signs with Platoon

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The Attacca Quartet has officially announced it has signed with Platoon, beginning its relationship with the label with a recording of the Ravel String Quartet.

The ensemble features as the cover artist of The Strad’s February 2025 issue, in which the members cite the music of Ravel as bringing them together and developing their sound.

‘To evolve with a piece over the course of time is one of the great joys of being in a string quartet – to live with this material and take risks and be spontaneous and to imbue it with our lived experience,’ violinist Dominic Salerni told The Strad.

Release of the ensemble’s recording of Ravel coincides with the composer’s 150th birthday on 14 March.

The Attacca Quartet, comprising violinists Amy Schroeder and Salerni, violist Nathan Schram and cellist Andrew Yee, announced its plans for the future via social media. Following its collaborations with composer Caroline Shaw on the albums Orange and Evergreen, the group plans to explore the works of Paul Wiancko, composer and cellist of the Kronos Quartet.

‘So happy to be in the Platoon family, and we can’t wait to see where it goes!’

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