Ruth's many and varied chamber music activities include duos with pianist Sarah Nicolls, quartets as leader of the Iuventus String Quartet, and quintets with the Tate Ensemble..... She has appeared with such renowned artists as John Lill, Shlomo Mintz, Ida Haendel and Andrea Bocelli. Since winning the British Contemporary Piano Competition in 2000, Sarah Nicolls has become an established pianist at the forefront of the new music scene and one of the leading performers of her generation. [more] Formed in 2003, The Iuventus Quartet has been hailed be the Irish Times as “startling” – “Theirs was a purely musical approach – bracing, fearless and utterly engaging.” They have performed at venues throughout the UK, at the 2003 and 2004 Chichester Festivals, and at the National Concert Hall in Dublin. [more] The Tate Ensemble is a London based ensemble of virtuoso musicians whose playing illuminates a rich and fascinating repertoire spanning three centuries. Many graduates of the Royal Academy of Music, individual members are all soloists in their own right and share between them an abundance of awards and prizes. The ensemble was a finalist in the Royal Overseas League Chamber Music Competition and recent performances include the Newbury Festival; the Aldeburgh Festival; a masterclass for students at the London College of Music and Media; the Pump Room, Bath; St Paul’s Arts Festival, New York and in June 2002, with an award from the Holst Foundation, they made their debut to critical acclaim in the Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York. They have a strong commitment to promoting the new works of today’s composers and have given world premieres of music written for them by Sadie Harrison, Alex Hills, Gijs Kramers, Loreta Narvalaite, and Feliksas Bajoras. Vicky Wright – clarinet, Ruth Rogers – violin, Gijs Kramers – viola, Jonathan Ayling – cello, Sarah Nicolls – piano European Camerata is one of Europe's most exciting new chamber ensembles. Its members, drawn from ten European countries, are recent graduates from the European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO), many of whom have gone on to play with some of the world's finest ensembles, such as the London Symphony Orchestra, the Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields, the Berlin Philharmonic, the English Chamber Orchestra, and chamber groups such as the Leopold Trio, and the Arpegione Quartet. [more]