The 440 Quartet is one of the UK’s finest String Quartets providing outstanding music for weddings and events. Featuring award-winning graduates from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire – passionate about providing the very best in live music.
The 440 Quartet regularly perform across the Midlands, Oxfordshire and The Cotswolds, but are available across the UK and abroad. The musicians met in 2008 and have performed together at over 1000 weddings, recitals and events since.
The Quartet offer a wide range of repertoire from classical favourites through to pop, film music and jazz. The quartets vast range of repertoire spans from Pachelbel’s Canon and Bach through to Christina Perri, Queen, Stevie Wonder, Disney, James Bond and Lady Gaga! The Quartet regularly perform recitals tailored for different audiences ranging from classical recitals, music festivals, cruise ships through to family friendly concerts. The players undertake professional work with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Birmingham Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Orchestra of the Swan, BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the Royal Shakespeare Company and enjoy performing in string sections for artists including Dionne Warwick, Madness, Steve Hackett and Rufus Wainwright. Prizes include the Tracy Colvin Award, Andrew Downes Performance Prize, The Sylvia Cleaver Chamber Music Award, Herbert Lumby Prize and Leamington Prize. Clients include Fred Olsen Cruise line, The House of Commons and the BBC.