“ChamberStudio provides wonderful opportunities for young groups to work with some of the finest musicians around today…”
Steven Isserlis, IMS Prussia Cove Artistic Director
ChamberStudio offers high-level coaching and support to up-and-coming chamber groups. Open from October to June, it helpfully complements residential courses and other annual chamber events already held across Europe.
Christoph Richter coaching at ChamberStudio April 2013. Photo c. Marc Gascoigne > > >

Eminent chamber players and teachers give masterclasses on Sunday afternoons, and groups are able to book online. The sessions are subsidised and as affordable as possible.
Shmuel Ashkenasi coaching the Finzi Quartet November 2010 > > >

ChamberStudio is particularly aimed at post-college groups which are no longer being supported by an institution, but it is open to all aspiring and dedicated chamber ensembles.
“ChamberStudio provides wonderful opportunities for young groups to work with some of the finest musicians around today…”
Steven Isserlis, IMS Prussia Cove Artistic Director
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We are delighted to announce that our next concert will take place on Sunday 10 November at 1130 in Hall 1 at Kings Place. This coffee concert will feature our inaugural Mentorship group the Navarra Quartet in Schubert’s ever-popular String Quintet in C with guest cellist Guy Johnston and The Busch Ensemble, Royal Overseas League Competition [...]
On Sunday 19 May ChamberStudio is running a special event dedicated to the interpretation and performance of classical chamber music repertoire using period instruments. Celebrated specialists in this field, pianist Melvyn Tan and violinist Catherine Manson will guide young professional ensembles using period instruments: fortepiano instead of modern piano, stringed instruments with gut strings and [...]
Since we announced the recipient of our inaugural Mentorship – supported by the Musicians Benevolent Fund – the Navarra String Quartet has had its first coaching sessions with Endellion Quartet ‘cellist David Waterman, and with Berlin-based chamber Professor violinist Eberhard Feltz, during the first of his four special visits to London “It was wonderful to [...]

ChamberStudio announces the Navarra String Quartet as the recipient of the ChamberStudio Mentorship 2013 The Navarra String Quartet has been awarded the prestigious ChamberStudio Mentorship 2013. ChamberStudio is based at Kings Place, London, and this newly launched mentorship programme is generously supported by the Musicians Benevolent Fund. The ChamberStudio Mentorship provides the opportunity for one [...]

A ChamberStudio Mentorship provides the opportunity for an outstanding professional chamber group to study in depth for a year with a chosen mentor. Benefits include: A subsidised tailor-made and flexible programme of highest level study with a chosen mentor Concert opportunities linked to the Mentorship Introduction to a specialist recording producer to make [...]

Ralph Kirshbaum gave an inspiring masterclass for ChamberStudio in Hall 2 at Kings Place on Sunday 21 October 2012. The Navarra Quartet, Fournier Trio and Busch Ensemble played in the masterclass in front of an enthusiastic and full audience. The distinguished career of Texas-born cellist Ralph Kirshbaum – which encompasses the worlds of solo [...]

We were honoured to host a second visit from Shmuel Ashkenasi to ChamberStudio on 20 May 2012. The Piatti Quartet, Lawson Trio, Celan Quartet (an outstanding Junior group) and the Wu Quartet played in the masterclasses in front of a packed audience in Hall 2. Born in 1941, Israeli violinist Shmuel Ashkenasi began his musical [...]
ChamberStudio hosted a special visit from the distinguished Hungarian musician Ferenc Rados on 27 November 2011. An inspiring day, with the Belcea Quartet, Barbirolli Quartet, Wu Quartet and the Lawson Trio having masterclasses in Hall 2 at Kings Place. Ferenc Rados was Professor of piano and chamber music at the Franz Liszt University of Music. [...]
We are delighted to announce that ChamberStudio is now a registered charity. This means that we are now officially constituted, and can go full steam ahead with exciting plans for the future. ChamberStudio is indebted to the Richard Carne Trust, Cavatina Chamber Music Trust, Paul Morgan Trust, Coln Trust, Kings Place Music Foundation, and to [...]

If you are new to ChamberStudio and are interested in receiving information about the upcoming masterclasses, please email us at info@chamberstudio.org and we will add you to the mailing list.

ChamberStudio puts on a Showcase concert in Hall 1 at Kings Place each year to provide a high-profile performing opportunity for selected groups from the masterclasses. The last Showcase concert was on 24th June 2012. Please click here to see details of the programme. The previous concert was in May 2011, and this included the Cavaleri [...]

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A new expanded Junior Masterclass Day was held on Sunday 3rd February 2013 with James Boyd and Richard Ireland teaching. These special events are open to pre-formed school-age chamber groups. Click here for further information.
