First Prize and Commission Prize winners at the Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition 2023, the Kleio Quartet is quickly establishing itself as an internationally-recognised quartet. The Quartet formed at the Seiji Ozawa International Chamber Academy in 2019 and consist of individually acclaimed musicians Yume Fujise, Katherine Yoon, Edgar Francis and Eliza Millett. The Quartet has performed in major international venues such as Wigmore Hall, Victoria Hall, Cadogan Hall, Royal Festival Hall, DR Koncerthuset, Black Diamond in Copenhagen and many others.
The Kleio Quartet is delighted to join the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist program from September 2024 to 2026. The Quartet is grateful for the ongoing support of Le Dimore del Quartetto, from whom it will receive the 'Ensemble of the Year' prize at the Annual Award Ceremony in Milan in June 2024, and are Artists for City Music Foundation.
Upcoming performance highlights of 2024-25 include a debut at the Edinburgh International Festival, at London's Kings Place thanks to Kirckman Concerts, appearances at the North Norfolk Music Festival, La Schubertiade de Sceaux, Frederiskværk Festival and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival alongside cellist Eckart Runge and pianist Jacques Ammon.
The Quartet has held a residency as Britten-Pears Young Artists in Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh and continues a series of residencies hosted by the Strijkkwartet Biënnale Amsterdam from 2023 to 2025 and at ProQuartet - Centre Européen de Musique de Chambre for the season 2023/24. The Quartet has been selected for the Tunnell Trust's Music Club Awards Scheme 2022/23. The Quartet has also been selected to join the MERITA platform from 2023 to 2025, and holds the Hattori Foundation Senior Award.
The Kleio Quartet is particularly grateful to have received support and mentorship from Eckart Runge and John Myerscough thanks to ChamberStudio's Mentorship Scheme. The Quartet has also received coaching from internationally-renowned chamber musicians Sadao Harada, Nobuko Imai, Kirill Gerstein, Kronos Quartet, Pamela Frank, Simon Rowland-Jones, György Kurtág and Oliver Wille.