One of the world’s great string quartets, the St Petersburg’s glittering career has included a Grammy nomination, “Best Record of the Month” honours in both Stereo Review and Gramophone, an opening night performance at “Mostly Mozart” at Lincoln Center, and hundreds of concerts on many of North America, Europe and Asia’s most prestigious series and festivals.

Hyperion has released the St. Petersburg’s cycle of fifteen Shostakovich quartets; the CDs in this cycle have received ecstatic reviews in the international press and were featured in the San Francisco Chronicle’s article on the best chamber recordings of all time. The disc of Shostakovich Quartets Nos. 5, 7 & 9 was awarded the Chamber Music America/WQXR Prize for Best Chamber Music CD of 2001.