Quartet-in-Residence with Camerata for the last decade, Orava are one of Australia's pre-eminent chamber ensembles.
Praised by the Sydney Morning Herald for their “warmth of sound, sublime inner-voicing and spontaneity”, the Orava Quartet is one of Australia’s most exciting chamber music ensembles. Protégés of the world renowned Takács string quartet, the Orava Quartet has performed extensively throughout the USA, Canada, China, Philippines, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, and Hong Kong, and have performed for Queen Sofia of Spain and Pope Benedict XVI.
Orava won the Musica Viva Australia Tony Berg Award for the most outstanding Australian ensemble as well as the Peter Druce Audience Prize at the 2013 Asia Pacific Chamber Music Competition in Melbourne.
Orava Quartet have been in residence with Camerata since 2014 and its members are: Daniel Kowalik (violin), David Dalseno (violin), Thomas Chawner (viola), Karol Kowalik (cello).
“Beautifully calculated and coordinated … time and motion seemed to defy the laws of Physics.” The Washington Post
The Orava Quartet are supported by Marian Pender.
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