The 440 Quartet is a bridgerton specialist string quartet and one of the UK’s top groups, providing outstanding music for weddings, session, recording and events. Featuring award-winning graduates from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and the Guildhall School of Music, passionate about providing the very best in live music.
The 440 Quartet regularly perform across the Midlands, Oxfordshire, London, The Cotswolds and travel across the UK and abroad to perform. The musicians met in 2008 and have performed together at over 3000 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 Taylor Swift, Queen, Stevie Wonder, Disney, James Bond and Christina Perri! 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. They have performed in string sections for artists including Dionne Warwick, Madness, the Who, 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, Lloyds,SRA and the BBC.