Karski Quartet

Karski Quartet consists of Kaja Nowak and Natalia Kotarba (violin), Diede Verpoest (viola), and Julia Kotarba (cello). This young quartet combines technical precision with an energetic playing style. “Fresh and poignant,” is how The Sunday Times described one of their concerts. Karski Quartet opens with the melancholic Polish folk song ‘W polu lipeńka’ in a sparkling new arrangement. Influences from folk music also resonate in the powerful string quartet no. 4 by Grażyna Bacewicz, the first Polish female composer with international fame. The program concludes with the string quartet in G minor by Claude Debussy, an impressionistic work full of refined dialogues and dreamy timbres. With this versatile program, Karski Quartet confirms its status as a promising ensemble.