The Regency String Quartet was formed at the Royal Academy of Music in 2021 and comprises of scholars at London conservatoires. The Quartet is coached and mentored by Alex Redington from the Doric String Quartet and was generously supported by the Frost Trust Advanced Specialist Strings Ensemble Training Scheme from 2021-2024 through the Royal Academy of Music. The Quartet was awarded the Wolfe Wolfinsohn String Quartet Prize, the Sir John Barbirolli Memorial Prize, as well as the Historical Women Composers Prize for their rendition of Florence Price's Piano Quintet in A minor. They have participated in masterclasses with renowned musicians including Anthony Marwood, Lawrence Power, Isabel Charisius, Sini Simonen and Tim Frederikson, and received coachings from Jon Thorne, So-Ock Kim, and Simon Rowland-Jones.
In 2023, the Quartet was selected by the Royal Academy of Music for the prestigious Sir Elton John Global Exchange Programme. During their visit to Hong Kong through the programme, they enjoyed masterclasses with musicians from the Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Society along with Ida Kavafian and Steven Tenenbom from the Curtis Institute of Music. The Regency String Quartet has recently been accepted to participate in the International Musicians Seminar Prussia Cove, studying with Kim Kashkashian.
The Quartet took part in the Royal Academy of Music's Chamber Music Festival, working with Elena Urioste and Tom Poster from the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective. They have given recitals at the Mill Hill Music Festival, St James's Piccadilly, the Royal Academy of Music and the Young Artists' Platform in London. Collaborative performances include a String Sextet concert of Tchaikovsky and Brahms for the Oxshott and Cobham Music Society, harp chamber music by Arnold Bax in London venues and a performance of Mendelssohn's Octet in Derby. The Quartet has also led a series of outreach workshops in Devon Schools as part of the Two Moors Festival.
The quartet looks forward to a series of concerts in France through the Ferrandou Musique residency in June 2025.