The Rubio Quartet are a
Flemish string quartet
The term string quartet can refer to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century onwards wrote string quartets. The associated musical ensemble consists of two violinists ...
. They formed in
Belgium in 1991 and are named after the late English instrument maker
David Rubio. The quartet comprises Dirk van de Velde and Dirk Van den Hauwe (
violin), Marc Sonnaert (
viola) and Peter Devos (
cello).
The quartet recorded the complete cycle of
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, , group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his Symphony No. 1 (Shostakovich), First Symphony in 1926 and was regarded throug ...
string quartets in 2002. They have toured extensively in Europe, America
and Japan.
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